[Devel] Re: [RFC][PATCH] flexible array implementation v4
Li Zefan
lizf at cn.fujitsu.com
Thu Jul 23 20:02:28 PDT 2009
Dave Hansen wrote:
> Remaining issues:
> - How should we deal with out-of-range indexes, especially
> in flex_array_get() which returns void*? ERR_PTR()?
> BUG_ON()? return NULL (current behavior)?
> - Should care be taken not to allow a flex_array_get() to
> an index where no flex_array_put() was done?
> - Should we decay further than just packing things into the
> 'base' page? Should we actually kmalloc() less than a
> page at times when it will fit?
>
I sugguest find some candidate users and see how this flex_array
fits them.
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