The patch titled Subject: mm/vmalloc.c: make use of the helper macro LIST_HEAD() has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch. Its filename is mm-make-use-of-the-helper-macro-list_head.patch This patch will shortly appear at https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-make-use-of-the-helper-macro-list_head.patch This patch will later appear in the mm-unstable branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm 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 via the mm-everything branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm and is updated there every 2-3 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Hongbo Li <lihongbo22@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: mm/vmalloc.c: make use of the helper macro LIST_HEAD() Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2024 12:12:16 +0800 list_head can be initialized automatically with LIST_HEAD() instead of calling INIT_LIST_HEAD(). Here we can simplify the code. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240828041216.1222582-1-lihongbo22@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Hongbo Li <lihongbo22@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/vmalloc.c | 11 +++-------- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) --- a/mm/vmalloc.c~mm-make-use-of-the-helper-macro-list_head +++ a/mm/vmalloc.c @@ -2131,23 +2131,18 @@ reclaim_list_global(struct list_head *he static void decay_va_pool_node(struct vmap_node *vn, bool full_decay) { + LIST_HEAD(decay_list); + struct rb_root decay_root = RB_ROOT; struct vmap_area *va, *nva; - struct list_head decay_list; - struct rb_root decay_root; unsigned long n_decay; int i; - decay_root = RB_ROOT; - INIT_LIST_HEAD(&decay_list); - for (i = 0; i < MAX_VA_SIZE_PAGES; i++) { - struct list_head tmp_list; + LIST_HEAD(tmp_list); if (list_empty(&vn->pool[i].head)) continue; - INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tmp_list); - /* Detach the pool, so no-one can access it. */ spin_lock(&vn->pool_lock); list_replace_init(&vn->pool[i].head, &tmp_list); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from lihongbo22@xxxxxxxxxx are mm-make-use-of-the-helper-macro-list_head.patch lib-string_choices-add-str_true_false-str_false_true-helper.patch mm-make-use-of-str_true_false-helper.patch nfs-make-use-of-str_false_true-helper.patch