Use list_for_each_entry_safe to make the code more compact. Done by the following semantic patch by coccinelle. @r@ struct list_head* l; expression e; identifier m,list_del_init,f; type T1; T1* pos; iterator name list_for_each_entry_safe; @@ f(...){ +T1* tmp; <+... -while(...) +list_for_each_entry_safe(pos,tmp,l,m) { ... -pos = container_of(l,T1,m); ... -l=e; <+... list_del_init(&pos->m) ...+> } ...+> } Signed-off-by: Srishti Sharma <srishtishar@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_ap.c | 12 +++--------- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_ap.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_ap.c index a2c599f..551af9e 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_ap.c +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_ap.c @@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ void expire_timeout_chk(struct adapter *padapter) { struct list_head *phead, *plist; u8 updated = 0; - struct sta_info *psta = NULL; + struct sta_info *psta = NULL, *tmp; struct sta_priv *pstapriv = &padapter->stapriv; u8 chk_alive_num = 0; char chk_alive_list[NUM_STA]; @@ -292,10 +292,7 @@ void expire_timeout_chk(struct adapter *padapter) plist = phead->next; /* check auth_queue */ - while (phead != plist) { - psta = container_of(plist, struct sta_info, auth_list); - plist = plist->next; - + list_for_each_entry_safe(psta, tmp, plist, auth_list) { if (psta->expire_to > 0) { psta->expire_to--; if (psta->expire_to == 0) { @@ -326,10 +323,7 @@ void expire_timeout_chk(struct adapter *padapter) plist = phead->next; /* check asoc_queue */ - while (phead != plist) { - psta = container_of(plist, struct sta_info, asoc_list); - plist = plist->next; - + list_for_each_entry_safe(psta, tmp, plist, asoc_list) { if (chk_sta_is_alive(psta) || !psta->expire_to) { psta->expire_to = pstapriv->expire_to; psta->keep_alive_trycnt = 0; -- 2.7.4 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel