On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 16:47:07 -0500 Matt Mackall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 05:21:30PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: > > Alan Cox wrote: > > >Why can't we just make the list one item longer than the entry count and > > >stick a NULL on the end of it like normal people ? > > > > Certainly seems safer than the current "let's run off the end of the > > list if anything bad happens" setup... And I do not think allocating > > n+1 scatterlist entries will have much of a negative impact. > > It'll mean m-1 scatterlists fit on a slab. Is that really a credible space issue ? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
