linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] dmatest: properly handle duplicate DMA channels

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Date:	Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:48:21 +0200
From:	Haavard Skinnemoen <haavard.skinnemoen@...el.com>
To:	Timur Tabi <timur@...escale.com>
Cc:	dan.j.williams@...el.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dmatest: properly handle duplicate DMA channels

Timur Tabi <timur@...escale.com> wrote:
> Haavard Skinnemoen wrote:
> 
> > ...though I don't really see why you have to use
> > list_for_entry_safe()...  
> 
> You use it in dmatest_remove_channel(), so I figured I'd do the same thing.

dmatest_remove_channel() may call list_del() on the current entry, so it
has to. As long as you're not altering the list, the _safe() variant
shouldn't be necessary.

Haavard
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