lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2013]   [Jun]   [6]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
Date
From
SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/2] list: add list_for_each_entry_del
On Thu, 6 June 2013 22:32:55 +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 8:28 PM, Joern Engel <joern@logfs.org> wrote:
> > I have seen a lot of boilerplate code that either follows the pattern of
> > while (!list_empty(head)) {
> > pos = list_entry(head->next, struct foo, list);
> > list_del(pos->list);
> > ...
> > }
> > or some variant thereof.
>
> What the problem to use list_for_each_safe()?

The loop may terminate with elements left on the list. There is more,
but I would consider this the main problem.

Jörn

--
If you're willing to restrict the flexibility of your approach,
you can almost always do something better.
-- John Carmack
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2013-06-07 01:21    [W:0.134 / U:0.220 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site