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rbtree: add some additional comments for rebalancing cases

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While overall the code is very nicely commented, it might not be
immediately obvious from the diagrams what is going on.  Add a very
brief summary of each case.  Opposite cases where the node is the left
child are left untouched.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170719014603.19029-4-dave@stgolabs.net
Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Davidlohr Bueso 2017-09-08 16:14:42 -07:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
parent 2aadf7fc7d
commit 35dc67d7d9
1 changed files with 5 additions and 3 deletions
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@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ __rb_insert(struct rb_node *node, struct rb_root *root,
if (parent != tmp) { /* parent == gparent->rb_left */
if (tmp && rb_is_red(tmp)) {
/*
* Case 1 - color flips
* Case 1 - node's uncle is red (color flips).
*
* G g
* / \ / \
@ -155,7 +155,8 @@ __rb_insert(struct rb_node *node, struct rb_root *root,
tmp = parent->rb_right;
if (node == tmp) {
/*
* Case 2 - left rotate at parent
* Case 2 - node's uncle is black and node is
* the parent's right child (left rotate at parent).
*
* G G
* / \ / \
@ -179,7 +180,8 @@ __rb_insert(struct rb_node *node, struct rb_root *root,
}
/*
* Case 3 - right rotate at gparent
* Case 3 - node's uncle is black and node is
* the parent's left child (right rotate at gparent).
*
* G P
* / \ / \