From: Matthew Wilcox > Sent: 28 February 2022 20:16 > > On Mon, Feb 28, 2022 at 12:10:24PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > We can do > > > > typeof(pos) pos > > > > in the 'for ()' loop, and never use __iter at all. > > > > That means that inside the for-loop, we use a _different_ 'pos' than outside. > > Then we can never use -Wshadow ;-( I'd love to be able to turn it on; > it catches real bugs. > > > +#define list_for_each_entry(pos, head, member) \ > > + for (typeof(pos) pos = list_first_entry(head, typeof(*pos), member); \ > > + !list_entry_is_head(pos, head, member); \ > > pos = list_next_entry(pos, member)) Actually can't you use 'pos' to temporarily hold the address of 'member'. Something like: for (pos = (void *)head; \ pos ? ((pos = (void *)pos - offsetof(member)), 1) : 0; \ pos = (void *)pos->next) So that 'pos' is NULL if the loop terminates. No pointers outside structures are generated. Probably need to kill list_entry_is_head() - or it just checks for NULL. David - Registered Address Lakeside, Bramley Road, Mount Farm, Milton Keynes, MK1 1PT, UK Registration No: 1397386 (Wales)
