Re: [RFC, 2.6] a simple FIFO implementation

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Thu Sep 16 2004 - 12:19:47 EST


Stelian Pop <stelian@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Here is the updated patch.

Looks good to me.

You're using `head' as "the place from which `get' gets characters" and
you're using `tail' as "the place where `put' puts characters". So the
FIFO is, logically:


tail head
* -> ******************** -> *
put get


I've always done it the other way: you put stuff onto the head and take
stuff off the tail. Now I have a horid feeling that I've always been
arse-about. hrm.
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