linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC] struct list

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Message-Id: <1181520539.16428.77.camel@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Mon, 11 Jun 2007 10:08:59 +1000
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	lkml - Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] struct list_node

On Sun, 2007-06-10 at 13:19 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> And if you want a head, you really do want to use "hlist", since the head 
> is smaller than a list entry (a single pointer rather than two).

No, now you're entirely missing the point.

The normal Linux lists are beautiful, and should be used!  I share your
enthusiasm for them.

They could just use a little more type safety for the common case.  That
is all.

Hope that clarifies,
Rusty.

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