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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/llist.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/llist.h | 23 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/llist.h b/include/linux/llist.h index cdaa7f02389..8828a78dec9 100644 --- a/include/linux/llist.h +++ b/include/linux/llist.h @@ -125,6 +125,29 @@ static inline void init_llist_head(struct llist_head *list) (pos) = llist_entry((pos)->member.next, typeof(*(pos)), member)) /** + * llist_for_each_entry_safe - iterate over some deleted entries of lock-less list of given type + * safe against removal of list entry + * @pos: the type * to use as a loop cursor. + * @n: another type * to use as temporary storage + * @node: the first entry of deleted list entries. + * @member: the name of the llist_node with the struct. + * + * In general, some entries of the lock-less list can be traversed + * safely only after being removed from list, so start with an entry + * instead of list head. + * + * If being used on entries deleted from lock-less list directly, the + * traverse order is from the newest to the oldest added entry. If + * you want to traverse from the oldest to the newest, you must + * reverse the order by yourself before traversing. + */ +#define llist_for_each_entry_safe(pos, n, node, member) \ + for (pos = llist_entry((node), typeof(*pos), member); \ + &pos->member != NULL && \ + (n = llist_entry(pos->member.next, typeof(*n), member), true); \ + pos = n) + +/** * llist_empty - tests whether a lock-less list is empty * @head: the list to test * |