/*
Author: QAQ-Automaton
LANG: C++
PROG: b.cpp
Mail: cnyalilk@vip.qq.com
*/
#include<bits/stdc++.h>
#define debug(...) fprintf(stderr,__VA_ARGS__)
#define DEBUG printf("Passing [%s] in LINE %lld\n",__FUNCTION__,__LINE__)
#define Debug debug("Passing [%s] in LINE %lld\n",__FUNCTION__,__LINE__)
#define all(x) x.begin(),x.end()
#define x first
#define y second
using namespace std;
typedef long long ll;
typedef pair<ll,ll> pii;
const ll inf=0x3f3f3f3f3f3f3f3f;
const double eps=1e-8;
const double pi=acos(-1.0);
template<class T>ll chkmin(T &a,T b){return a>b?a=b,1:0;}
template<class T>ll chkmax(T &a,T b){return a<b?a=b,1:0;}
template<class T>T sqr(T a){return a*a;}
template<class T>T mmin(T a,T b){return a<b?a:b;}
template<class T>T mmax(T a,T b){return a>b?a:b;}
template<class T>T aabs(T a){return a<0?-a:a;}
template<class T>ll dcmp(T a,T b){return a>b;}
template<ll *a>ll cmp_a(ll x,ll y){return a[x]<a[y];}
#define min mmin
#define max mmax
#define abs aabs
namespace io {
	const ll SIZE = (1 << 21) + 1;
	char ibuf[SIZE], *iS, *iT, obuf[SIZE], *oS = obuf, *oT = oS + SIZE - 1, c, qu[55]; ll f, qr;
	// getchar
	#define gc() (iS == iT ? (iT = (iS = ibuf) + fread (ibuf, 1, SIZE, stdin), (iS == iT ? EOF : *iS ++)) : *iS ++)
	// prll the remaining part
	inline void flush () {
		fwrite (obuf, 1, oS - obuf, stdout);
		oS = obuf;
	}
	// putchar
	inline void putc (char x) {
		*oS ++ = x;
		if (oS == oT) flush ();
	}
	// input a signed lleger
	inline void read (signed &x) {
		for (f = 1, c = gc(); c < '0' || c > '9'; c = gc()) if (c == '-') f = -1;
		for (x = 0; c <= '9' && c >= '0'; c = gc()) x = x * 10 + (c & 15); x *= f;
	}

	inline void read (long long &x) {
		for (f = 1, c = gc(); c < '0' || c > '9'; c = gc()) if (c == '-') f = -1;
		for (x = 0; c <= '9' && c >= '0'; c = gc()) x = x * 10 + (c & 15); x *= f;
	}
	inline void read (char &x) {
		x=gc();
	}
	inline void read(char *x){
		while((*x=gc())=='\n' || *x==' '||*x=='\r');
		while(!(*x=='\n'||*x==' '||*x=='\r'))*(++x)=gc();
		*x=0;
	}
	template<typename A,typename ...B>
	inline void read(A &x,B &...y){
		read(x);read(y...);
	}
	// prll a signed lleger
	inline void write (signed x) {
		if (!x) putc ('0'); if (x < 0) putc ('-'), x = -x;
		while (x) qu[++ qr] = x % 10 + '0',  x /= 10;
		while (qr) putc (qu[qr --]);
	}

	inline void write (long long x) {
		if (!x) putc ('0'); if (x < 0) putc ('-'), x = -x;
		while (x) qu[++ qr] = x % 10 + '0',  x /= 10;
		while (qr) putc (qu[qr --]);
	}
	inline void write (char x) {
		putc(x);
	}
	inline void write(const char *x){
		while(*x){putc(*x);++x;}
	}
	inline void write(char *x){
		while(*x){putc(*x);++x;}
	}
	template<typename A,typename ...B>
	inline void write(A x,B ...y){
		write(x);write(y...);
	}
	//no need to call flush at the end manually!
	struct Flusher_ {~Flusher_(){flush();}}io_flusher_;
}
using io :: read;
using io :: putc;
using io :: write;
ll a[200005],b[200005],ans,as[200005],bs[200005];
ll work(ll x,ll y){
	ll mn=min(x,y);
	if(x==y)return 2*(as[x]+bs[y])-min(a[x],b[y]);
	else if(x<y)return 
		max(2*(as[x]+bs[y]-bs[y-x])-a[x],
			2*(as[x]+bs[y]-bs[y-x-1])-b[y]);
	else return 
		max(2*(as[x]-as[x-y]+bs[y])-b[y],
			2*(as[x]-as[x-y-1]+bs[y])-a[x]);
}
int main(){
#ifdef QAQAutoMaton 
	freopen("b.in","r",stdin);
	freopen("b.out","w",stdout);
#endif
	
	ll l,n;
	read(l,n);
	for(ll i=1;i<=n;++i){
		read(a[i]);
		b[n-i+1]=l-a[i];
	}
	for(ll i=1;i<=n;++i){
		as[i]=as[i-1]+a[i];
		bs[i]=bs[i-1]+b[i];
	}
	ans=max(a[n],b[n]);
	for(ll i=1;i<n;++i){
		chkmax(ans,work(i,n-i));
	}
	write(ans,'\n');
	return 0;
}



Measured memory_bytes: 10496