linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/4] list: introduce list_last_entry(), use list_{first,last}

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Message-ID: <20131110170010.GA314@redhat.com>
Date:	Sun, 10 Nov 2013 18:00:10 +0100
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Eilon Greenstein <eilong@...adcom.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] list: introduce list_last_entry(), use
	list_{first,last}_entry()

We alredy have list_first_entry(), it makes sense to also add
list_last_entry() for consistency. And we use both helpers in
in list_for_each_*().

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
---
 include/linux/list.h |   19 +++++++++++++++----
 1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/list.h b/include/linux/list.h
index c88a591..ef95941 100644
--- a/include/linux/list.h
+++ b/include/linux/list.h
@@ -362,6 +362,17 @@ static inline void list_splice_tail_init(struct list_head *list,
 	list_entry((ptr)->next, type, member)
 
 /**
+ * list_last_entry - get the last element from a list
+ * @ptr:	the list head to take the element from.
+ * @type:	the type of the struct this is embedded in.
+ * @member:	the name of the list_struct within the struct.
+ *
+ * Note, that list is expected to be not empty.
+ */
+#define list_last_entry(ptr, type, member) \
+	list_entry((ptr)->prev, type, member)
+
+/**
  * list_first_entry_or_null - get the first element from a list
  * @ptr:	the list head to take the element from.
  * @type:	the type of the struct this is embedded in.
@@ -432,7 +443,7 @@ static inline void list_splice_tail_init(struct list_head *list,
  * @member:	the name of the list_struct within the struct.
  */
 #define list_for_each_entry(pos, head, member)				\
-	for (pos = list_entry((head)->next, typeof(*pos), member);	\
+	for (pos = list_first_entry(head, typeof(*pos), member);	\
 	     &pos->member != (head);					\
 	     pos = list_next_entry(pos, member))
 
@@ -443,7 +454,7 @@ static inline void list_splice_tail_init(struct list_head *list,
  * @member:	the name of the list_struct within the struct.
  */
 #define list_for_each_entry_reverse(pos, head, member)			\
-	for (pos = list_entry((head)->prev, typeof(*pos), member);	\
+	for (pos = list_last_entry(head, typeof(*pos), member);		\
 	     &pos->member != (head); 					\
 	     pos = list_prev_entry(pos, member))
 
@@ -506,7 +517,7 @@ static inline void list_splice_tail_init(struct list_head *list,
  * @member:	the name of the list_struct within the struct.
  */
 #define list_for_each_entry_safe(pos, n, head, member)			\
-	for (pos = list_entry((head)->next, typeof(*pos), member),	\
+	for (pos = list_first_entry(head, typeof(*pos), member),	\
 		n = list_next_entry(pos, member);			\
 	     &pos->member != (head); 					\
 	     pos = n, n = list_next_entry(n, member))
@@ -553,7 +564,7 @@ static inline void list_splice_tail_init(struct list_head *list,
  * of list entry.
  */
 #define list_for_each_entry_safe_reverse(pos, n, head, member)		\
-	for (pos = list_entry((head)->prev, typeof(*pos), member),	\
+	for (pos = list_last_entry(head, typeof(*pos), member),		\
 		n = list_prev_entry(pos, member);			\
 	     &pos->member != (head); 					\
 	     pos = n, n = list_prev_entry(n, member))
-- 
1.5.5.1

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