Casey Schaufler wrote: > On 5/22/2017 12:50 PM, Igor Stoppa wrote: > > On 22/05/17 18:09, Casey Schaufler wrote: > >> On 5/22/2017 7:03 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > [...] > > > >>> But even with those we can still chain > >>> them together with a list with external linkage. > >> I gave up that approach in 2012. Too many unnecessary calls to > >> null functions, and massive function vectors with a tiny number > >> of non-null entries. From a data structure standpoint, it was > >> just wrong. The list scheme is exactly right for the task at > >> hand. > > I understand this as a green light, for me to continue with the plan of > > using LSM Hooks as example for making dynamically allocated data become > > read-only, using also Tetsuo's patch (thanks, btw). > > I still don't like the assumption that a structure of > N elements can be assumed to be the same as an array > of N elements. I think we can use "enum" and call via index numbers while preserving current "union" for type checking purpose. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>
