linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] fs/ocfs2/dlm: Eliminate update of list_for_each

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Date:	Thu, 12 Aug 2010 09:14:31 +0200
From:	Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>
To:	Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>
Cc:	Joel Becker <Joel.Becker@...cle.com>,
	Mark Fasheh <mfasheh@...e.com>, ocfs2-devel@....oracle.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	Sunil Mushran <sunil.mushran@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] fs/ocfs2/dlm: Eliminate update of
	list_for_each_entry loop cursor

On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 07:46:13AM +0200, Julia Lawall wrote:
> 
> This seems a bit ugly to me, since it exposes the implementation of the 
> list abstraction.  What about the following:
> 
> lock = NULL;
> list_for_each_entry(x, tmpq, list) {
> 	if (x->ml.cookie == ml->cookie) {
> 	   	lock = x;
> 		break;
> 	}
> }
> 

I agree with you that it's ugly as pants.  Maybe someone could write an
at_list_start() macro?

regards,
dan carpenter
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