On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 11:37:42PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > Suparna Bhattacharya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > (let me know if the interface in the patch > > I just posted seems like the right direction to use when we go for the > > cleanup) > > Well what are the semantics? Pass in an inclusive max_index and the gang > lookup functions terminate when they hit an item whose index is greater > than max_index? And return the number of items thus found?
Yes. (end_index or max_items, whichever it hits first) > > Seems sensible, and all the comparisons do the right thing if max_index = -1. end_index is unsigned long - so -1 would imply highest index possible ... i.e. all items, subject to the radix_tree_maxindex (max_index used internally in the radix tree code). Regards Suparna > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Ext2-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ext2-devel -- Suparna Bhattacharya ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Linux Technology Center IBM Software Lab, India - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
