This is a simple combination of bio_list_merge + bio_list_init similar to list_splice_init. While it only saves a single line in a callers, it makes the move all bios from one list to another and reinitialize the original pattern a lot more obvious in the callers. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> --- include/linux/bio.h | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/include/linux/bio.h b/include/linux/bio.h index 875d792bffff82..9b8a369f44bc6b 100644 --- a/include/linux/bio.h +++ b/include/linux/bio.h @@ -615,6 +615,13 @@ static inline void bio_list_merge(struct bio_list *bl, struct bio_list *bl2) bl->tail = bl2->tail; } +static inline void bio_list_merge_init(struct bio_list *bl, + struct bio_list *bl2) +{ + bio_list_merge(bl, bl2); + bio_list_init(bl2); +} + static inline void bio_list_merge_head(struct bio_list *bl, struct bio_list *bl2) { -- 2.39.2