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It's a common practice to start a search using offset (u64)-1, which is the u64 maximum value, meaning that we want the search_slot function to be set in the last item with the same objectid and type. Once we are in this position, it's a matter to start a search backwards by calling btrfs_previous_item, which will check if we'll need to go to a previous leaf and other necessary checks, only to be sure that we are in last offset of the same object and type. The new btrfs_search_backwards function does the all these steps when necessary, and can be used to avoid code duplication. Signed-off-by: Marcos Paulo de Souza <mpdesouza@suse.com> Reviewed-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com> Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
Linux kernel
============
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.
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.