Re: [PATCH 09/10] Change table chaining layout

[Jeff Garzik]

Alan Cox wrote:
> Why can't we just make the list one item longer than the entry count and
> stick a NULL on the end of it like normal people ?

Certainly seems safer than the current "let's run off the end of the 
list if anything bad happens" setup...  And I do not think allocating 
n+1 scatterlist entries will have much of a negative impact.

	Jeff


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