linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] f2fs: replace usage of found with dedicated list iterator variable

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Message-ID: <4fe435c4-6b6f-0223-66b8-45f9549cdc52@kernel.org>
Date:   Tue, 12 Apr 2022 17:41:51 +0800
From:   Chao Yu <chao@...nel.org>
To:     Jakob Koschel <jakobkoschel@...il.com>,
        Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>,
        Brian Johannesmeyer <bjohannesmeyer@...il.com>,
        Cristiano Giuffrida <c.giuffrida@...nl>,
        "Bos, H.J." <h.j.bos@...nl>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] f2fs: replace usage of found with dedicated list
 iterator variable

On 2022/4/1 6:16, Jakob Koschel wrote:
> To move the list iterator variable into the list_for_each_entry_*()
> macro in the future it should be avoided to use the list iterator
> variable after the loop body.
> 
> To *never* use the list iterator variable after the loop it was
> concluded to use a separate iterator variable instead of a
> found boolean [1].
> 
> This removes the need to use a found variable and simply checking if
> the variable was set, can determine if the break/goto was hit.
> 
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-=wgRr_D8CB-D9Kg-c=EHreAsk5SqXPwr9Y7k9sA6cWXJ6w@mail.gmail.com/
> Signed-off-by: Jakob Koschel <jakobkoschel@...il.com>

Reviewed-by: Chao Yu <chao@...nel.org>

Thanks,