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@ 2019-11-02 14:35 Pedro Ortega
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From: Pedro Ortega @ 2019-11-02 14:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Hi everybody.

The linux kernel has its own implementation of linked lists using list_head
struct. So, why the vm_area_struct struct (defined in /include/linux/mm_types.h)
use specific pointers for the same purpose (members vm_next and vm_prev)?

Best regards.
Thanks in advance.


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