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xa_store() differs from radix_tree_insert() in that it will overwrite an existing element in the array rather than returning an error. This is the behaviour which most users want, and those that want more complex behaviour generally want to use the xas family of routines anyway. For memory allocation, xa_store() will first attempt to request memory from the slab allocator; if memory is not immediately available, it will drop the xa_lock and allocate memory, keeping a pointer in the xa_state. It does not use the per-CPU cache, although those will continue to exist until all radix tree users are converted to the xarray. This patch also includes xa_erase() and __xa_erase() for a streamlined way to store NULL. Since there is no need to allocate memory in order to store a NULL in the XArray, we do not need to trouble the user with deciding what memory allocation flags to use. Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.