linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 07/27] modpost: import include/linux/list.h

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Date:   Tue, 26 Apr 2022 09:29:50 -0700
From:   Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/27] modpost: import include/linux/list.h

On Sun, Apr 24, 2022 at 12:09 PM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> Import include/linux/list.h to use convenient list macros in modpost.
>
> I dropped kernel-space code such as {WRITE,READ}_ONCE etc. and unneeded
> macros.
>
> I also imported container_of() from include/linux/container_of.h and
> type definitions from include/linux/types.h.
>
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>

Ok then, just two small nits about two comments, which may have been
just copied over from the sources.
Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>

> ---
>
>  scripts/mod/list.h | 336 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 336 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 scripts/mod/list.h
>
> diff --git a/scripts/mod/list.h b/scripts/mod/list.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..c87583a71714
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/scripts/mod/list.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,336 @@

<snip>

> +/**
> + * list_for_each_entry -       iterate over list of given type

^ Excessive whitespace after the `-`

> + * @pos:       the type * to use as a loop cursor.
> + * @head:      the head for your list.
> + * @member:    the name of the list_head within the struct.
> + */
> +#define list_for_each_entry(pos, head, member)                         \
> +       for (pos = list_first_entry(head, typeof(*pos), member);        \
> +            !list_entry_is_head(pos, head, member);                    \
> +            pos = list_next_entry(pos, member))
> +
> +/**
> + * list_for_each_entry_safe - iterate over list of given type safe against removal of list entry

^ This sounds like two sentences and looks like it's missing
punctuation separating them?

"iterate over list of given type. Safe against removal of list entry"
-- 
Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers