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

[Matt Mackall]

On Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 05:21:30PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> 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.

It'll mean m-1 scatterlists fit on a slab.

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