Messages in this thread | | | From | David Howells <> | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH 04/10] pipe: Use head and tail pointers for the ring, not cursor and length [ver #2] | Date | Thu, 31 Oct 2019 15:11:27 +0000 |
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How about:
* We use head and tail indices that aren't masked off, except at the * point of dereference, but rather they're allowed to wrap naturally. * This means there isn't a dead spot in the buffer, provided the ring * size is a power of two and <= 2^31.
David
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