The patch titled Subject: rbtree: adjust root color in rb_insert_color() only when necessary has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is rbtree-adjust-root-color-in-rb_insert_color-only-when-necessary.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Michel Lespinasse <walken@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: rbtree: adjust root color in rb_insert_color() only when necessary The root node of an rbtree must always be black. However, rb_insert_color() only needs to maintain this invariant when it has been broken - that is, when it exits the loop due to the current (red) node being the root. In all other cases (exiting after tree rotations, or exiting due to an existing black parent) the invariant is already satisfied, so there is no need to adjust the root node color. Signed-off-by: Michel Lespinasse <walken@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Daniel Santos <daniel.santos@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- lib/rbtree.c | 19 +++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff -puN lib/rbtree.c~rbtree-adjust-root-color-in-rb_insert_color-only-when-necessary lib/rbtree.c --- a/lib/rbtree.c~rbtree-adjust-root-color-in-rb_insert_color-only-when-necessary +++ a/lib/rbtree.c @@ -91,8 +91,21 @@ void rb_insert_color(struct rb_node *nod { struct rb_node *parent, *gparent; - while ((parent = rb_parent(node)) && rb_is_red(parent)) - { + while (true) { + /* + * Loop invariant: node is red + * + * If there is a black parent, we are done. + * Otherwise, take some corrective action as we don't + * want a red root or two consecutive red nodes. + */ + parent = rb_parent(node); + if (!parent) { + rb_set_black(node); + break; + } else if (rb_is_black(parent)) + break; + gparent = rb_parent(parent); if (parent == gparent->rb_left) @@ -142,8 +155,6 @@ void rb_insert_color(struct rb_node *nod break; } } - - rb_set_black(root->rb_node); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(rb_insert_color); _ Subject: Subject: rbtree: adjust root color in rb_insert_color() only when necessary Patches currently in -mm which might be from walken@xxxxxxxxxx are slab-do-not-call-compound_head-in-page_get_cache.patch rbtree-reference-documentation-rbtreetxt-for-usage-instructions.patch rbtree-empty-nodes-have-no-color.patch rbtree-fix-incorrect-rbtree-node-insertion-in-fs-proc-proc_sysctlc.patch rbtree-move-some-implementation-details-from-rbtreeh-to-rbtreec.patch rbtree-performance-and-correctness-test.patch rbtree-break-out-of-rb_insert_color-loop-after-tree-rotation.patch rbtree-adjust-root-color-in-rb_insert_color-only-when-necessary.patch rbtree-low-level-optimizations-in-rb_insert_color.patch rbtree-adjust-node-color-in-__rb_erase_color-only-when-necessary.patch rbtree-optimize-case-selection-logic-in-__rb_erase_color.patch rbtree-low-level-optimizations-in-__rb_erase_color.patch rbtree-coding-style-adjustments.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html