Dave Hansen wrote: > On Tue, 2009-07-14 at 14:26 -0700, Benjamin Blum wrote: >> This method looks to be a compromise between Andrew's proposed >> generalized solution ( http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/7/2/518 ) and the >> current quick-fix. The problem with it is that it'll require a layer >> between whoever's using the array and managing the list structs (for >> the case where we need to chain multiple blocks together), and if >> we're going to put forth enough effort for that, we may as well go >> ahead and write up a generalized kernel-wide library to fix this size >> problem globally. > > This "Andrew" guy seems to know what he's talking about. :) > > We've also got a set of pgarrs (struct page arrays) in the > checkpoint/restart code that would make use of something generic like > this. > The dynamic-page-array thing sounds a right way to go. It's open-coded in some other places, ring_buffer.c is one among. _______________________________________________ Containers mailing list Containers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/containers
