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https://twitter.com/cpuGoogle/status/1415061974820421635 https://twitter.com/cpuGoogle/status/1415061974820421635 A nice explanation on rationales of using lin
by summerlight 4y ago
https://twitter.com/cpuGoogle/status/1415061974820421635 https://twitter.com/cpuGoogle/status/1415061974820421635
A nice explanation on rationales of using linked lists in OS kernel, from a Fuchsia developer. In short, it is almost guaranteed not to fail on most typical operations given the invariant is not broken, which make it suitable for cases where there's no fallback option left like kernel codes.