Re: single linked list header in kernel?

[Chris Friesen]

Matthias Urlichs wrote:

> I dunno, though -- open-coding a singly-linked list isn't that much of a
> problem; compared to a doubly-linked one, there's simply fewer things that
> can go horribly wrong. :-/

True.  This is likely why it hasn't yet been done.

I wonder how many places use the double-linked lists because they're there, not 
because they actually need them.  If its significant, there could be some space 
savings due to only needing one pointer rather than two.

Chris
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