Re: [RFC -v9 0/4] Lock-less list

Huang Ying
2010-12-23T08:31:42Z

Hi, Valdis,

Thanks for your comments.

On Thu, 2010-12-23 at 14:05 +0800, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Dec 2010 13:43:19 +0800, Huang Ying said:
> > Add a lock-less NULL-terminated linked list implementation. And use
> > that in irq_work and replace net/rds/xlist.h.
>
> A quick overview of the code looks mostly sane. What I don't see is
> an explanation of *why* this is being added. What benefits does it
> have over the current code? Is it faster? Smaller? Simply getting rid
> of near-duplicate versions in rds and irq_work? Something else?

The code is almost same. Just to avoid code duplicating, provide better
document, and make it easier for future users.

Best Regards,
Huang Ying