Hello! On 27.02.2021 1:49, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
From: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> The new function checks if the list_head prev and next pointers are NULL, in order to see if a list_head that has been zeroed when allocated has been initialized with INIT_LIST_HEAD() or added to a list.
So zeroed or initialized/added? :-)
This can be used in cleanup functions that want to support being safely called when an object has not been initialized, to return immediately. In most cases other fields of the object can be checked for this purpose, but in some cases a list_head field is the only option. Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/list.h | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/include/linux/list.h b/include/linux/list.h index 85c92555e31f..e4fc6954de3b 100644 --- a/include/linux/list.h +++ b/include/linux/list.h @@ -29,6 +29,19 @@ static inline void INIT_LIST_HEAD(struct list_head *list) list->prev = list; }+/**+ * list_is_null - check if a list_head has been initialized + * @list: the list + * + * Check if the list_head prev and next pointers are NULL. This is useful to + * see if a list_head that has been zeroed when allocated has been initialized + * with INIT_LIST_HEAD() or added to a list.
So zeroed or initialized/added? :-)
+ */
+static inline bool list_is_null(struct list_head *list)
+{
+ return list->prev == NULL && list->next == NULL;
Maybe instead: return !list->prev && !list->next; [...] MBR, Sergei
