Re: [patch] remove vcpu_info array v5

Avi Kivity <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.kvm-ia64,org.kernel.vger.kvm
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Glauber Costa wrote:
>> There are simpler data structures.  An example is an array.  Since we have
>> an upper limit on the number of cpus (->max_cpus) there are no issues with
>> scaling (unlike with the algorithm above).
>>     
>
> Yes, but I believe the whole point of jes patches is to remove those limits.
>   

So we could linear search huge lists?  Or code hashes where arrays would 
do?  No, sir.

An array of pointers statically sized at MAX_CPUS is fine.  If you 
insist, you can realloc() it on demand.

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