tree 99a3447c05519f37fdf9e6208bbeffe15f49046f
parent b96b040445f5d84fb8aa2ff986be71f5069c976e
author Mitko Haralanov <mitko.haralanov@intel.com> 1463073789 -0700
committer Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com> 1463182756 -0400

IB/hfi1: Improve performance of interval RB trees

The interval RB tree management functions use handlers to
store user-specific callback for the various tree operations.
These handlers are put on a doubly-linked list. When a RB
tree function is called, the list is searched for the handler
of the particular tree.

The list which holds the handlers is modified very rarely - when
a handler is created and when a handler is removed. On the other
hand, it is searched very often. This a perfect usage scenario
for RCU.

The result is a much lower overhead of traversing the list as most
of the time no locking will be required.

Reviewed-by: Dean Luick <dean.luick@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Mike Marciniszyn <mike.marciniszyn@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Mitko Haralanov <mitko.haralanov@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com>