linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] xenbus: prefer list_for

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Date:	Tue, 09 Aug 2016 04:17:27 -0600
From:	"Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@...e.com>
To:	"David Vrabel" <david.vrabel@...rix.com>,
	"Boris Ostrovsky" <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
	"Juergen Gross" <JGross@...e.com>
Cc:	"xen-devel" <xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2] xenbus: prefer list_for_each()

This is more efficient than list_for_each_safe() when list modification
is accompanied by breaking out of the loop.

Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...e.com>
Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
---
v2: Avoid commit message to continue from subject.
---
 drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_dev_frontend.c |    4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- 4.8-rc1/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_dev_frontend.c
+++ 4.8-rc1-xen-xenbus-dev-list_for_each/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_dev_frontend.c
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ out:
 
 static int xenbus_write_watch(unsigned msg_type, struct xenbus_file_priv *u)
 {
-	struct watch_adapter *watch, *tmp_watch;
+	struct watch_adapter *watch;
 	char *path, *token;
 	int err, rc;
 	LIST_HEAD(staging_q);
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ static int xenbus_write_watch(unsigned m
 		}
 		list_add(&watch->list, &u->watches);
 	} else {
-		list_for_each_entry_safe(watch, tmp_watch, &u->watches, list) {
+		list_for_each_entry(watch, &u->watches, list) {
 			if (!strcmp(watch->token, token) &&
 			    !strcmp(watch->watch.node, path)) {
 				unregister_xenbus_watch(&watch->watch);