linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1] driver: base: Add driver filter support

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Date:   Wed, 4 Aug 2021 11:45:20 -0700
From:   Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
To:     Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
Cc:     Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan 
        <sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@...ux.intel.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan <knsathya@...nel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Doc Mailing List <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] driver: base: Add driver filter support

On Wed, Aug 4, 2021 at 11:09 AM Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Aug 04, 2021 at 10:43:22AM -0700, Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan wrote:
> > +/* Driver allow list */
> > +static LIST_HEAD(driver_allow_list);
> > +/* Driver deny list */
> > +static LIST_HEAD(driver_deny_list);
>
> Why use a doubly-linked-list here?  An allocating xarray should perform
> much better and use less memory.

Sounds reasonable to me.