linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 02/11] kbuild: Add list_size, list_at_index, list_for_each

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Message-Id: <20241209010019.52601-1-ole0811sch@gmail.com>
Date: Mon,  9 Dec 2024 02:00:19 +0100
From: Ole Schuerks <ole0811sch@...il.com>
To: mcgrof@...nel.org
Cc: deltaone@...ian.org,
	jan.sollmann@....de,
	jude.gyimah@....de,
	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 02/11] kbuild: Add list_size, list_at_index, list_for_each_from

> What's wrong with list_count_nodes()?

> list_for_each_entry_from() exists on my tree on linux-next added
> through commit e229c2fb3370a ("[LIST]: Introduce
> list_for_each_entry_from") since v2.6.17, so since 2006.

These macros only exist in include/linux/list.h, not in
scripts/include/list.h. My assumption was that the build system should only
use scripts/include/list.h.

> I'd just keep thsi internal to your code for now, and later if we really
> want we can add this as a generic helper.

Alright, the additions will be internals in v7.

Best regards,
Ole Schuerks