Linked list of VM areas

Pedro Ortega portega.kernel at gmx.com
Sat Nov 2 10:35:00 EDT 2019


Hi everybody.

The linux kernel has its own implementation of linked lists using list_head
struct. So, why the vm_area_struct struct (defined in /include/linux/mm_types.h)
use specific pointers for the same purpose (members vm_next and vm_prev)?

Best regards.
Thanks in advance.




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