Re: [TOMOYO 05/15](repost) Domain transition handler functions.

From: James Morris
Date: Wed Oct 03 2007 - 10:40:40 EST


On Wed, 3 Oct 2007, YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / µÈÆ£±ÑÌÀ wrote:

> In article <200710032326.FJF32915.OQOOHLMtFSFJFV@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (at Wed, 3 Oct 2007 23:26:57 +0900), Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> says:
>
> > Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > > Also, how do you avoid referencing dead data with your sll? I haven't
> > > actually looked at your patches, but the simple scheme you outlined
> > > didn't handle the iteration + concurrent removal scenario:
> > Regarding my singly-linked list, no entries are removed from the list. It's append only (like CD-R media).
> > I set is_deleted flag of a entry instead of removing the entry from the list.
>
> It is not a good practice. Please free such objects.
> BTW, how many objects do you have in the list?

Doesn't matter. No list should be able to grow without bounds in the
kernel.

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James Morris
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