From: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
To: Alex Pankratov <ap@swapped.cc>
Cc: acme@conectiva.com.br, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [2.6] [1/2] hlist: replace explicit checks of hlist fields w/ func calls
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 09:43:23 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040212094323.291f032f.ak@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <402B0697.7010109@swapped.cc>
On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 20:52:39 -0800
Alex Pankratov <ap@swapped.cc> wrote:
> A quick note about standard lists then - circular double-linked
> lists are normally described in textbooks as a clever trick
> allowing to avoid if's in insert() and delete(). Given what you
> have noted about CMP speed above, I wonder if simple 0-terminated
> lists would be something to consider for lower-end i386.
That is what hlists are.
Some of the existing users of list_heads could be converted to hlists yes.
Basically all that don't need to access the end of the list in constant time.
-Andi
prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-02-12 7:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-02-11 6:28 [PATCH] [2.6] [1/2] hlist: replace explicit checks of hlist fields w/ func calls Alex Pankratov
2004-02-13 22:14 ` Andi Kleen
2004-02-11 6:57 ` Alex Pankratov
2004-02-11 12:10 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2004-02-14 0:28 ` Andi Kleen
2004-02-11 16:37 ` Alex Pankratov
2004-02-12 4:52 ` Alex Pankratov
2004-02-12 8:43 ` Andi Kleen [this message]
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