linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] list.h: add list_for_each_entry_continue

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Message-Id: <1189195495.28781.200.camel@johannes.berg>
Date:	Fri, 07 Sep 2007 22:04:55 +0200
From:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:	paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc:	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
	Pavel Emelianov <xemul@...nvz.org>,
	Zach Brown <zach.brown@...cle.com>,
	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] list.h: add list_for_each_entry_continue_rcu

On Fri, 2007-09-07 at 12:57 -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:

> Actually, list_for_each_continue_rcu() needs to be removed in favor of
> your new list_for_each_entry_continue_rcu().  There are currently only
> two users as of 2.6.22.  One of them immediately does a list_entry(),
> and the other would convert easily as well.  So please let me know
> when this gets accepted!  ;-)

Heh, ok, I won't add the text to that macro if you want to remove it
anyway. I guess I'll add your paragraph and ... hmm. what do I do with
it? Who's responsible for list.h? Can I push this through John Linville
and Dave Miller so I can get the fix into his tree easily without
synchronisation?

johannes

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