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Message-ID: <CAKYAXd_Lp7f-cHi-1Cti29JjmXTWOgOOHxy-_f106jTSFdceDg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 21 Jan 2013 09:39:43 +0900
From:	Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@...il.com>
To:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Cc:	Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk.kim@...sung.com>,
	linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] f2fs: use _safe() version of list_for_each

2013/1/21, Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>:
> This is calling list_del() inside a loop which is a problem when we try
> move to the next item on the list.  I've converted it to use the _safe
> version.  And also, as a cleanup, I've converted it to use
> list_for_each_entry instead of list_for_each.
>
Hi Dan.
I can't understand why this patch is needed yet.
Could you elaborate more ?

Thanks.

> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
> ---
> Static analysis stuff.  Untested.  Please review carefully.
>
> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/recovery.c b/fs/f2fs/recovery.c
> index 6cc046d..f42e406 100644
> --- a/fs/f2fs/recovery.c
> +++ b/fs/f2fs/recovery.c
> @@ -173,10 +173,9 @@ out:
>  static void destroy_fsync_dnodes(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
>  					struct list_head *head)
>  {
> -	struct list_head *this;
> -	struct fsync_inode_entry *entry;
> -	list_for_each(this, head) {
> -		entry = list_entry(this, struct fsync_inode_entry, list);
> +	struct fsync_inode_entry *entry, *tmp;
> +
> +	list_for_each_entry_safe(entry, tmp, head, list) {
>  		iput(entry->inode);
>  		list_del(&entry->list);
>  		kmem_cache_free(fsync_entry_slab, entry);
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