linux-kernel - [PATCH 0/6] list: introduce list_last_entry_or

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Message-ID: <5285A33C.4040808@oracle.com>
Date:	Fri, 15 Nov 2013 12:29:48 +0800
From:	Jeff Liu <jeff.liu@...cle.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
CC:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, "xfs@....sgi.com" <xfs@....sgi.com>,
	cluster-devel@...hat.com, linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org,
	jfs-discussion@...ts.sourceforge.net, oleg@...hat.com,
	jiri@...nulli.us, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Subject: [PATCH 0/6] list: introduce list_last_entry_or_null()

Hi Folks,

This patch is trying to introduce a new list helper to retrieve the
last entry or return NULL if the list is empty corresponding to it,
which is inspired by Jiri Pirko's list_first_entry_or_null().

With this trivial helper, we could get a little benefit to simplify
the code logic of xfs_ail_max() and make the code looks a bit more
consistent with xfs_ail_min() which has already been simplified
via list_first_entry_or_null().

Moreover, as a per simple grep against fs as well as driver's tree,
I think there are some other places could make use of it for similar
purpose, here I spread this helper over some file systems as well.

Any comments are welcome!

Thanks,
-Jeff
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