Add macros to get the next or previous entries and wraparound if needed. For example, calling list_next_entry_circular() on the last element should return the first element in the list. Signed-off-by: Ricardo Martinez <ricardo.martinez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/list.h | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+) diff --git a/include/linux/list.h b/include/linux/list.h index d7d2bfa1a365..c36e3b9a651b 100644 --- a/include/linux/list.h +++ b/include/linux/list.h @@ -563,6 +563,19 @@ static inline void list_splice_tail_init(struct list_head *list, #define list_next_entry(pos, member) \ list_entry((pos)->member.next, typeof(*(pos)), member) +/** + * list_next_entry_circular - get the next element in list + * @pos: the type * to cursor. + * @head: the list head to take the element from. + * @member: the name of the list_head within the struct. + * + * Wraparound if pos is the last element (return the first element). + * Note, that list is expected to be not empty. + */ +#define list_next_entry_circular(pos, head, member) \ + (list_is_last(&(pos)->member, head) ? \ + list_first_entry(head, typeof(*(pos)), member) : list_next_entry(pos, member)) + /** * list_prev_entry - get the prev element in list * @pos: the type * to cursor @@ -571,6 +584,19 @@ static inline void list_splice_tail_init(struct list_head *list, #define list_prev_entry(pos, member) \ list_entry((pos)->member.prev, typeof(*(pos)), member) +/** + * list_prev_entry_circular - get the prev element in list + * @pos: the type * to cursor. + * @head: the list head to take the element from. + * @member: the name of the list_head within the struct. + * + * Wraparound if pos is the first element (return the last element). + * Note, that list is expected to be not empty. + */ +#define list_prev_entry_circular(pos, head, member) \ + (list_is_first(&(pos)->member, head) ? \ + list_last_entry(head, typeof(*(pos)), member) : list_prev_entry(pos, member)) + /** * list_for_each - iterate over a list * @pos: the &struct list_head to use as a loop cursor. -- 2.17.1