[PATCH 2/3] Further optimization of function rb_erase() in lib/rbtree.c

[PATCH 2/3] Further optimization of function rb_erase() in lib/rbtree.c

[Wolfram Strepp]

There are two cases when a node, having 2 childs, is erased:
'normal case': the successor is not the right-hand-child of the node to be erased
'special case': the successor is the right-hand child of the node to be erased

Here some ascii-art, with following symbols (referring to the code):
O: node to be deleted
N: the successor of O
P: parent of N
C: child of N
L: some other node

normal case:

               O                         N
              / \                       / \
             /   \                     /   \
            L     \                   L     \
           / \     P      ---->      / \     P
                  / \                       / \
                 /                         /
                N                         C
                 \                       / \
                  \
                   C
                  / \

special case:
              O|P                        N
              / \                       / \
             /   \                     /   \
            L     \                   L     \
           / \     N      ---->      /       C
                    \                       / \
                     \
                      C
                     / \

Notice that for the special case we don't have to reconnect C to N.

Signed-off-by: Wolfram Strepp <wstrepp@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
---
 lib/rbtree.c |    8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
Index: linux-2.6/lib/rbtree.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/lib/rbtree.c
+++ linux-2.6/lib/rbtree.c
@@ -251,13 +251,13 @@ void rb_erase(struct rb_node *node, stru
 		parent = rb_parent(node);
 		color = rb_color(node);
 
-		if (child)
-			rb_set_parent(child, parent);
 		if (parent == old) {
-			parent->rb_right = child;
 			parent = node;
-		} else
+		} else {
+			if (child)
+				rb_set_parent(child, parent);
 			parent->rb_left = child;
+		}
 
 		node->rb_parent_color = old->rb_parent_color;
 		node->rb_right = old->rb_right;


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