From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S934329Ab2GMAfF (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jul 2012 20:35:05 -0400 Received: from mail-pb0-f46.google.com ([209.85.160.46]:40985 "EHLO mail-pb0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758962Ab2GMAcz (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jul 2012 20:32:55 -0400 From: Michel Lespinasse To: aarcange@redhat.com, dwmw2@infradead.org, riel@redhat.com, peterz@infradead.org, daniel.santos@pobox.com, axboe@kernel.dk, ebiederm@xmission.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@linux-foundation.org Subject: [PATCH v2 07/12] rbtree: adjust root color in rb_insert_color() only when necessary Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 17:31:52 -0700 Message-Id: <1342139517-3451-8-git-send-email-walken@google.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.7.3 In-Reply-To: <1342139517-3451-1-git-send-email-walken@google.com> References: <1342139517-3451-1-git-send-email-walken@google.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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 --- lib/rbtree.c | 19 +++++++++++++++---- 1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/rbtree.c b/lib/rbtree.c index 12abb8a..d0be5fc 100644 --- a/lib/rbtree.c +++ b/lib/rbtree.c @@ -91,8 +91,21 @@ void rb_insert_color(struct rb_node *node, struct rb_root *root) { 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 *node, struct rb_root *root) break; } } - - rb_set_black(root->rb_node); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(rb_insert_color); -- 1.7.7.3