linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] introduce list_for_each_entry

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Date:	Mon, 3 Jun 2013 15:55:55 -0400
From:	Jörn Engel <joern@...fs.org>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Chris Mason <chris.mason@...ionio.com>,
	linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] introduce list_for_each_entry_del

On Mon, 3 June 2013 15:36:47 -0400, Jörn Engel wrote:
> On Mon, 3 June 2013 13:49:30 -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > 
> > I can't say I like the structure.
> > 
> > A list_pop that removes and entry from the head or returns NULL if the
> > list is empty would lead to nice while loops that are obviously
> > readable instead.
> 
> Something like this?
> 
> #define list_pop(head) \
>         ({ struct list_head *____pos; \
>            list_empty(head) ? NULL : (____pos = (head)->next, \
>                    list_del(____pos), ____pos) \
>         })
> 
> #define list_pop_entry(head, type, member) \
>         ({ struct list_head *____pos; \
>            list_empty(head) ? NULL : (____pos = (head)->next, \
>                    list_del(____pos), list_entry(____pos, type, member) \
>         })
> 
> Would be fine with me as well.

Actually, when I compare the two invocations, I prefer the
list_for_each_entry_del() variant over list_pop_entry().

        while ((ref = list_pop_entry(&prefs, struct __prelim_ref, list))) {
        list_for_each_entry_del(ref, &prefs, list) {

Christoph?

Jörn

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