Re: [PATCH] Decrease hash table memory overhead

From: Linus Torvalds (torvalds@transmeta.com)
Date: Fri Jul 28 2000 - 14:08:07 EST

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On Fri, 28 Jul 2000, Andi Kleen wrote:
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> This saves about 96K memory on my 128MB machine, more on machines with
> bigger ram.

I'd rather have just one list function than save a few kB of RAM. Avoid
confusion, and make people so used to that one list-handling functionalty
that bugs don't crop up as easily.

Linus

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