The patch titled Subject: list: introduce list_is_head() helper and re-use it in list.h has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is list-introduce-list_is_head-helper-and-re-use-it-in-listh.patch This patch should soon appear at https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/list-introduce-list_is_head-helper-and-re-use-it-in-listh.patch and later at https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/list-introduce-list_is_head-helper-and-re-use-it-in-listh.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: list: introduce list_is_head() helper and re-use it in list.h Introduce list_is_head() in the similar (*) way as it's done for list_entry_is_head(). Make use of it in the list.h. *) it's done as inliner and not a macro to be aligned with other list_is_*() APIs; while at it, make all three to have the same style. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20211201141824.81400-1-andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/list.h | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) --- a/include/linux/list.h~list-introduce-list_is_head-helper-and-re-use-it-in-listh +++ a/include/linux/list.h @@ -258,8 +258,7 @@ static inline void list_bulk_move_tail(s * @list: the entry to test * @head: the head of the list */ -static inline int list_is_first(const struct list_head *list, - const struct list_head *head) +static inline int list_is_first(const struct list_head *list, const struct list_head *head) { return list->prev == head; } @@ -269,13 +268,22 @@ static inline int list_is_first(const st * @list: the entry to test * @head: the head of the list */ -static inline int list_is_last(const struct list_head *list, - const struct list_head *head) +static inline int list_is_last(const struct list_head *list, const struct list_head *head) { return list->next == head; } /** + * list_is_head - tests whether @list is the list @head + * @list: the entry to test + * @head: the head of the list + */ +static inline int list_is_head(const struct list_head *list, const struct list_head *head) +{ + return list == head; +} + +/** * list_empty - tests whether a list is empty * @head: the list to test. */ @@ -318,7 +326,7 @@ static inline void list_del_init_careful static inline int list_empty_careful(const struct list_head *head) { struct list_head *next = smp_load_acquire(&head->next); - return (next == head) && (next == head->prev); + return list_is_head(next, head) && (next == head->prev); } /** @@ -393,10 +401,9 @@ static inline void list_cut_position(str { if (list_empty(head)) return; - if (list_is_singular(head) && - (head->next != entry && head != entry)) + if (list_is_singular(head) && !list_is_head(entry, head) && (entry != head->next)) return; - if (entry == head) + if (list_is_head(entry, head)) INIT_LIST_HEAD(list); else __list_cut_position(list, head, entry); @@ -570,7 +577,7 @@ static inline void list_splice_tail_init * @head: the head for your list. */ #define list_for_each(pos, head) \ - for (pos = (head)->next; pos != (head); pos = pos->next) + for (pos = (head)->next; !list_is_head(pos, (head)); pos = pos->next) /** * list_for_each_continue - continue iteration over a list @@ -580,7 +587,7 @@ static inline void list_splice_tail_init * Continue to iterate over a list, continuing after the current position. */ #define list_for_each_continue(pos, head) \ - for (pos = pos->next; pos != (head); pos = pos->next) + for (pos = pos->next; !list_is_head(pos, (head)); pos = pos->next) /** * list_for_each_prev - iterate over a list backwards @@ -588,7 +595,7 @@ static inline void list_splice_tail_init * @head: the head for your list. */ #define list_for_each_prev(pos, head) \ - for (pos = (head)->prev; pos != (head); pos = pos->prev) + for (pos = (head)->prev; !list_is_head(pos, (head)); pos = pos->prev) /** * list_for_each_safe - iterate over a list safe against removal of list entry @@ -597,8 +604,9 @@ static inline void list_splice_tail_init * @head: the head for your list. */ #define list_for_each_safe(pos, n, head) \ - for (pos = (head)->next, n = pos->next; pos != (head); \ - pos = n, n = pos->next) + for (pos = (head)->next, n = pos->next; \ + !list_is_head(pos, (head)); \ + pos = n, n = pos->next) /** * list_for_each_prev_safe - iterate over a list backwards safe against removal of list entry @@ -608,7 +616,7 @@ static inline void list_splice_tail_init */ #define list_for_each_prev_safe(pos, n, head) \ for (pos = (head)->prev, n = pos->prev; \ - pos != (head); \ + !list_is_head(pos, (head)); \ pos = n, n = pos->prev) /** _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are list-introduce-list_is_head-helper-and-re-use-it-in-listh.patch