Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Improve list.h documentation for _rcu() primitives
From: Paul E. McKenney
Date: Tue Apr 06 2004 - 21:35:06 EST
On Mon, Apr 05, 2004 at 02:55:24PM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> The attached patch improves the documentation of the _rcu list
> primitives, as suggested off-list.
Updated based on feedback received off-list.
Thanx, Paul
diff -urN -x dontdiff linux-2.6.5/include/linux/list.h linux-2.6.5-list_rcu_comments/include/linux/list.h
--- linux-2.6.5/include/linux/list.h 2004-04-03 19:37:23.000000000 -0800
+++ linux-2.6.5-list_rcu_comments/include/linux/list.h 2004-04-06 09:07:06.000000000 -0700
@@ -104,6 +104,14 @@
*
* Insert a new entry after the specified head.
* This is good for implementing stacks.
+ *
+ * The caller must take whatever precautions are necessary
+ * (such as holding appropriate locks) to avoid racing
+ * with another list-mutation primitive, such as list_add_rcu()
+ * or list_del_rcu(), running on this same list.
+ * However, it is perfectly legal to run concurrently with
+ * the _rcu list-traversal primitives, such as
+ * list_for_each_entry_rcu().
*/
static __inline__ void list_add_rcu(struct list_head *new, struct list_head *head)
{
@@ -117,6 +125,14 @@
*
* Insert a new entry before the specified head.
* This is useful for implementing queues.
+ *
+ * The caller must take whatever precautions are necessary
+ * (such as holding appropriate locks) to avoid racing
+ * with another list-mutation primitive, such as list_add_tail_rcu()
+ * or list_del_rcu(), running on this same list.
+ * However, it is perfectly legal to run concurrently with
+ * the _rcu list-traversal primitives, such as
+ * list_for_each_entry_rcu().
*/
static __inline__ void list_add_tail_rcu(struct list_head *new, struct list_head *head)
{
@@ -159,6 +175,19 @@
*
* In particular, it means that we can not poison the forward
* pointers that may still be used for walking the list.
+ *
+ * The caller must take whatever precautions are necessary
+ * (such as holding appropriate locks) to avoid racing
+ * with another list-mutation primitive, such as list_del_rcu()
+ * or list_add_rcu(), running on this same list.
+ * However, it is perfectly legal to run concurrently with
+ * the _rcu list-traversal primitives, such as
+ * list_for_each_entry_rcu().
+ *
+ * Note that the caller is not permitted to immediately free
+ * the newly deleted entry. Instead, either synchronize_kernel()
+ * or call_rcu() must be used to defer freeing until an RCU
+ * grace period has elapsed.
*/
static inline void list_del_rcu(struct list_head *entry)
{
@@ -384,6 +413,10 @@
* list_for_each_rcu - iterate over an rcu-protected list
* @pos: the &struct list_head to use as a loop counter.
* @head: the head for your list.
+ *
+ * This list-traversal primitive may safely run concurrently with
+ * the _rcu list-mutation primitives such as list_add_rcu()
+ * as long as the traversal is guarded by rcu_read_lock().
*/
#define list_for_each_rcu(pos, head) \
for (pos = (head)->next, prefetch(pos->next); pos != (head); \
@@ -399,6 +432,10 @@
* @pos: the &struct list_head to use as a loop counter.
* @n: another &struct list_head to use as temporary storage
* @head: the head for your list.
+ *
+ * This list-traversal primitive may safely run concurrently with
+ * the _rcu list-mutation primitives such as list_add_rcu()
+ * as long as the traversal is guarded by rcu_read_lock().
*/
#define list_for_each_safe_rcu(pos, n, head) \
for (pos = (head)->next, n = pos->next; pos != (head); \
@@ -409,6 +446,10 @@
* @pos: the type * to use as a loop counter.
* @head: the head for your list.
* @member: the name of the list_struct within the struct.
+ *
+ * This list-traversal primitive may safely run concurrently with
+ * the _rcu list-mutation primitives such as list_add_rcu()
+ * as long as the traversal is guarded by rcu_read_lock().
*/
#define list_for_each_entry_rcu(pos, head, member) \
for (pos = list_entry((head)->next, typeof(*pos), member), \
@@ -424,6 +465,10 @@
* continuing after existing point.
* @pos: the &struct list_head to use as a loop counter.
* @head: the head for your list.
+ *
+ * This list-traversal primitive may safely run concurrently with
+ * the _rcu list-mutation primitives such as list_add_rcu()
+ * as long as the traversal is guarded by rcu_read_lock().
*/
#define list_for_each_continue_rcu(pos, head) \
for ((pos) = (pos)->next, prefetch((pos)->next); (pos) != (head); \
@@ -485,6 +530,14 @@
*
* In particular, it means that we can not poison the forward
* pointers that may still be used for walking the hash list.
+ *
+ * The caller must take whatever precautions are necessary
+ * (such as holding appropriate locks) to avoid racing
+ * with another list-mutation primitive, such as hlist_add_head_rcu()
+ * or hlist_del_rcu(), running on this same list.
+ * However, it is perfectly legal to run concurrently with
+ * the _rcu list-traversal primitives, such as
+ * hlist_for_each_entry().
*/
static inline void hlist_del_rcu(struct hlist_node *n)
{
@@ -512,6 +565,26 @@
n->pprev = &h->first;
}
+
+/**
+ * hlist_add_head_rcu - adds the specified element to the specified hlist,
+ * while permitting racing traversals.
+ * @n: the element to add to the hash list.
+ * @h: the list to add to.
+ *
+ * The caller must take whatever precautions are necessary
+ * (such as holding appropriate locks) to avoid racing
+ * with another list-mutation primitive, such as hlist_add_head_rcu()
+ * or hlist_del_rcu(), running on this same list.
+ * However, it is perfectly legal to run concurrently with
+ * the _rcu list-traversal primitives, such as
+ * hlist_for_each_entry(), but only if smp_read_barrier_depends()
+ * is used to prevent memory-consistency problems on Alpha CPUs.
+ * Regardless of the type of CPU, the list-traversal primitive
+ * must be guarded by rcu_read_lock().
+ *
+ * OK, so why don't we have an hlist_for_each_entry_rcu()???
+ */
static __inline__ void hlist_add_head_rcu(struct hlist_node *n, struct hlist_head *h)
{
struct hlist_node *first = h->first;
diff -urN -x dontdiff linux-2.6.5/include/linux/list.h.orig linux-2.6.5-list_rcu_comments/include/linux/list.h.orig
--- linux-2.6.5/include/linux/list.h.orig 1969-12-31 16:00:00.000000000 -0800
+++ linux-2.6.5-list_rcu_comments/include/linux/list.h.orig 2004-04-03 19:37:23.000000000 -0800
@@ -0,0 +1,606 @@
+#ifndef _LINUX_LIST_H
+#define _LINUX_LIST_H
+
+#ifdef __KERNEL__
+
+#include <linux/stddef.h>
+#include <linux/prefetch.h>
+#include <asm/system.h>
+
+/*
+ * These are non-NULL pointers that will result in page faults
+ * under normal circumstances, used to verify that nobody uses
+ * non-initialized list entries.
+ */
+#define LIST_POISON1 ((void *) 0x00100100)
+#define LIST_POISON2 ((void *) 0x00200200)
+
+/*
+ * Simple doubly linked list implementation.
+ *
+ * Some of the internal functions ("__xxx") are useful when
+ * manipulating whole lists rather than single entries, as
+ * sometimes we already know the next/prev entries and we can
+ * generate better code by using them directly rather than
+ * using the generic single-entry routines.
+ */
+
+struct list_head {
+ struct list_head *next, *prev;
+};
+
+#define LIST_HEAD_INIT(name) { &(name), &(name) }
+
+#define LIST_HEAD(name) \
+ struct list_head name = LIST_HEAD_INIT(name)
+
+#define INIT_LIST_HEAD(ptr) do { \
+ (ptr)->next = (ptr); (ptr)->prev = (ptr); \
+} while (0)
+
+/*
+ * Insert a new entry between two known consecutive entries.
+ *
+ * This is only for internal list manipulation where we know
+ * the prev/next entries already!
+ */
+static inline void __list_add(struct list_head *new,
+ struct list_head *prev,
+ struct list_head *next)
+{
+ next->prev = new;
+ new->next = next;
+ new->prev = prev;
+ prev->next = new;
+}
+
+/**
+ * list_add - add a new entry
+ * @new: new entry to be added
+ * @head: list head to add it after
+ *
+ * Insert a new entry after the specified head.
+ * This is good for implementing stacks.
+ */
+static inline void list_add(struct list_head *new, struct list_head *head)
+{
+ __list_add(new, head, head->next);
+}
+
+/**
+ * list_add_tail - add a new entry
+ * @new: new entry to be added
+ * @head: list head to add it before
+ *
+ * Insert a new entry before the specified head.
+ * This is useful for implementing queues.
+ */
+static inline void list_add_tail(struct list_head *new, struct list_head *head)
+{
+ __list_add(new, head->prev, head);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Insert a new entry between two known consecutive entries.
+ *
+ * This is only for internal list manipulation where we know
+ * the prev/next entries already!
+ */
+static __inline__ void __list_add_rcu(struct list_head * new,
+ struct list_head * prev,
+ struct list_head * next)
+{
+ new->next = next;
+ new->prev = prev;
+ smp_wmb();
+ next->prev = new;
+ prev->next = new;
+}
+
+/**
+ * list_add_rcu - add a new entry to rcu-protected list
+ * @new: new entry to be added
+ * @head: list head to add it after
+ *
+ * Insert a new entry after the specified head.
+ * This is good for implementing stacks.
+ */
+static __inline__ void list_add_rcu(struct list_head *new, struct list_head *head)
+{
+ __list_add_rcu(new, head, head->next);
+}
+
+/**
+ * list_add_tail_rcu - add a new entry to rcu-protected list
+ * @new: new entry to be added
+ * @head: list head to add it before
+ *
+ * Insert a new entry before the specified head.
+ * This is useful for implementing queues.
+ */
+static __inline__ void list_add_tail_rcu(struct list_head *new, struct list_head *head)
+{
+ __list_add_rcu(new, head->prev, head);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Delete a list entry by making the prev/next entries
+ * point to each other.
+ *
+ * This is only for internal list manipulation where we know
+ * the prev/next entries already!
+ */
+static inline void __list_del(struct list_head * prev, struct list_head * next)
+{
+ next->prev = prev;
+ prev->next = next;
+}
+
+/**
+ * list_del - deletes entry from list.
+ * @entry: the element to delete from the list.
+ * Note: list_empty on entry does not return true after this, the entry is
+ * in an undefined state.
+ */
+static inline void list_del(struct list_head *entry)
+{
+ __list_del(entry->prev, entry->next);
+ entry->next = LIST_POISON1;
+ entry->prev = LIST_POISON2;
+}
+
+/**
+ * list_del_rcu - deletes entry from list without re-initialization
+ * @entry: the element to delete from the list.
+ *
+ * Note: list_empty on entry does not return true after this,
+ * the entry is in an undefined state. It is useful for RCU based
+ * lockfree traversal.
+ *
+ * In particular, it means that we can not poison the forward
+ * pointers that may still be used for walking the list.
+ */
+static inline void list_del_rcu(struct list_head *entry)
+{
+ __list_del(entry->prev, entry->next);
+ entry->prev = LIST_POISON2;
+}
+
+/**
+ * list_del_init - deletes entry from list and reinitialize it.
+ * @entry: the element to delete from the list.
+ */
+static inline void list_del_init(struct list_head *entry)
+{
+ __list_del(entry->prev, entry->next);
+ INIT_LIST_HEAD(entry);
+}
+
+/**
+ * list_move - delete from one list and add as another's head
+ * @list: the entry to move
+ * @head: the head that will precede our entry
+ */
+static inline void list_move(struct list_head *list, struct list_head *head)
+{
+ __list_del(list->prev, list->next);
+ list_add(list, head);
+}
+
+/**
+ * list_move_tail - delete from one list and add as another's tail
+ * @list: the entry to move
+ * @head: the head that will follow our entry
+ */
+static inline void list_move_tail(struct list_head *list,
+ struct list_head *head)
+{
+ __list_del(list->prev, list->next);
+ list_add_tail(list, head);
+}
+
+/**
+ * list_empty - tests whether a list is empty
+ * @head: the list to test.
+ */
+static inline int list_empty(const struct list_head *head)
+{
+ return head->next == head;
+}
+
+/**
+ * list_empty_careful - tests whether a list is
+ * empty _and_ checks that no other CPU might be
+ * in the process of still modifying either member
+ *
+ * NOTE: using list_empty_careful() without synchronization
+ * can only be safe if the only activity that can happen
+ * to the list entry is list_del_init(). Eg. it cannot be used
+ * if another CPU could re-list_add() it.
+ *
+ * @head: the list to test.
+ */
+static inline int list_empty_careful(const struct list_head *head)
+{
+ struct list_head *next = head->next;
+ return (next == head) && (next == head->prev);
+}
+
+static inline void __list_splice(struct list_head *list,
+ struct list_head *head)
+{
+ struct list_head *first = list->next;
+ struct list_head *last = list->prev;
+ struct list_head *at = head->next;
+
+ first->prev = head;
+ head->next = first;
+
+ last->next = at;
+ at->prev = last;
+}
+
+/**
+ * list_splice - join two lists
+ * @list: the new list to add.
+ * @head: the place to add it in the first list.
+ */
+static inline void list_splice(struct list_head *list, struct list_head *head)
+{
+ if (!list_empty(list))
+ __list_splice(list, head);
+}
+
+/**
+ * list_splice_init - join two lists and reinitialise the emptied list.
+ * @list: the new list to add.
+ * @head: the place to add it in the first list.
+ *
+ * The list at @list is reinitialised
+ */
+static inline void list_splice_init(struct list_head *list,
+ struct list_head *head)
+{
+ if (!list_empty(list)) {
+ __list_splice(list, head);
+ INIT_LIST_HEAD(list);
+ }
+}
+
+/**
+ * list_entry - get the struct for this entry
+ * @ptr: the &struct list_head pointer.
+ * @type: the type of the struct this is embedded in.
+ * @member: the name of the list_struct within the struct.
+ */
+#define list_entry(ptr, type, member) \
+ container_of(ptr, type, member)
+
+/**
+ * list_for_each - iterate over a list
+ * @pos: the &struct list_head to use as a loop counter.
+ * @head: the head for your list.
+ */
+#define list_for_each(pos, head) \
+ for (pos = (head)->next, prefetch(pos->next); pos != (head); \
+ pos = pos->next, prefetch(pos->next))
+
+/**
+ * __list_for_each - iterate over a list
+ * @pos: the &struct list_head to use as a loop counter.
+ * @head: the head for your list.
+ *
+ * This variant differs from list_for_each() in that it's the
+ * simplest possible list iteration code, no prefetching is done.
+ * Use this for code that knows the list to be very short (empty
+ * or 1 entry) most of the time.
+ */
+#define __list_for_each(pos, head) \
+ for (pos = (head)->next; pos != (head); pos = pos->next)
+
+/**
+ * list_for_each_prev - iterate over a list backwards
+ * @pos: the &struct list_head to use as a loop counter.
+ * @head: the head for your list.
+ */
+#define list_for_each_prev(pos, head) \
+ for (pos = (head)->prev, prefetch(pos->prev); pos != (head); \
+ pos = pos->prev, prefetch(pos->prev))
+
+/**
+ * list_for_each_safe - iterate over a list safe against removal of list entry
+ * @pos: the &struct list_head to use as a loop counter.
+ * @n: another &struct list_head to use as temporary storage
+ * @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)
+
+/**
+ * list_for_each_entry - iterate over list of given type
+ * @pos: the type * to use as a loop counter.
+ * @head: the head for your list.
+ * @member: the name of the list_struct within the struct.
+ */
+#define list_for_each_entry(pos, head, member) \
+ for (pos = list_entry((head)->next, typeof(*pos), member), \
+ prefetch(pos->member.next); \
+ &pos->member != (head); \
+ pos = list_entry(pos->member.next, typeof(*pos), member), \
+ prefetch(pos->member.next))
+
+/**
+ * list_for_each_entry_reverse - iterate backwards over list of given type.
+ * @pos: the type * to use as a loop counter.
+ * @head: the head for your list.
+ * @member: the name of the list_struct within the struct.
+ */
+#define list_for_each_entry_reverse(pos, head, member) \
+ for (pos = list_entry((head)->prev, typeof(*pos), member), \
+ prefetch(pos->member.prev); \
+ &pos->member != (head); \
+ pos = list_entry(pos->member.prev, typeof(*pos), member), \
+ prefetch(pos->member.prev))
+
+/**
+ * list_prepare_entry - prepare a pos entry for use as a start point in
+ * list_for_each_entry_continue
+ * @pos: the type * to use as a start point
+ * @head: the head of the list
+ * @member: the name of the list_struct within the struct.
+ */
+#define list_prepare_entry(pos, head, member) \
+ ((pos) ? : list_entry(head, typeof(*pos), member))
+
+/**
+ * list_for_each_entry_continue - iterate over list of given type
+ * continuing after existing point
+ * @pos: the type * to use as a loop counter.
+ * @head: the head for your list.
+ * @member: the name of the list_struct within the struct.
+ */
+#define list_for_each_entry_continue(pos, head, member) \
+ for (pos = list_entry(pos->member.next, typeof(*pos), member), \
+ prefetch(pos->member.next); \
+ &pos->member != (head); \
+ pos = list_entry(pos->member.next, typeof(*pos), member), \
+ prefetch(pos->member.next))
+
+/**
+ * list_for_each_entry_safe - iterate over list of given type safe against removal of list entry
+ * @pos: the type * to use as a loop counter.
+ * @n: another type * to use as temporary storage
+ * @head: the head for your list.
+ * @member: the name of the list_struct within the struct.
+ */
+#define list_for_each_entry_safe(pos, n, head, member) \
+ for (pos = list_entry((head)->next, typeof(*pos), member), \
+ n = list_entry(pos->member.next, typeof(*pos), member); \
+ &pos->member != (head); \
+ pos = n, n = list_entry(n->member.next, typeof(*n), member))
+
+/**
+ * list_for_each_rcu - iterate over an rcu-protected list
+ * @pos: the &struct list_head to use as a loop counter.
+ * @head: the head for your list.
+ */
+#define list_for_each_rcu(pos, head) \
+ for (pos = (head)->next, prefetch(pos->next); pos != (head); \
+ pos = pos->next, ({ smp_read_barrier_depends(); 0;}), prefetch(pos->next))
+
+#define __list_for_each_rcu(pos, head) \
+ for (pos = (head)->next; pos != (head); \
+ pos = pos->next, ({ smp_read_barrier_depends(); 0;}))
+
+/**
+ * list_for_each_safe_rcu - iterate over an rcu-protected list safe
+ * against removal of list entry
+ * @pos: the &struct list_head to use as a loop counter.
+ * @n: another &struct list_head to use as temporary storage
+ * @head: the head for your list.
+ */
+#define list_for_each_safe_rcu(pos, n, head) \
+ for (pos = (head)->next, n = pos->next; pos != (head); \
+ pos = n, ({ smp_read_barrier_depends(); 0;}), n = pos->next)
+
+/**
+ * list_for_each_entry_rcu - iterate over rcu list of given type
+ * @pos: the type * to use as a loop counter.
+ * @head: the head for your list.
+ * @member: the name of the list_struct within the struct.
+ */
+#define list_for_each_entry_rcu(pos, head, member) \
+ for (pos = list_entry((head)->next, typeof(*pos), member), \
+ prefetch(pos->member.next); \
+ &pos->member != (head); \
+ pos = list_entry(pos->member.next, typeof(*pos), member), \
+ ({ smp_read_barrier_depends(); 0;}), \
+ prefetch(pos->member.next))
+
+
+/**
+ * list_for_each_continue_rcu - iterate over an rcu-protected list
+ * continuing after existing point.
+ * @pos: the &struct list_head to use as a loop counter.
+ * @head: the head for your list.
+ */
+#define list_for_each_continue_rcu(pos, head) \
+ for ((pos) = (pos)->next, prefetch((pos)->next); (pos) != (head); \
+ (pos) = (pos)->next, ({ smp_read_barrier_depends(); 0;}), prefetch((pos)->next))
+
+/*
+ * Double linked lists with a single pointer list head.
+ * Mostly useful for hash tables where the two pointer list head is
+ * too wasteful.
+ * You lose the ability to access the tail in O(1).
+ */
+
+struct hlist_head {
+ struct hlist_node *first;
+};
+
+struct hlist_node {
+ struct hlist_node *next, **pprev;
+};
+
+#define HLIST_HEAD_INIT { .first = NULL }
+#define HLIST_HEAD(name) struct hlist_head name = { .first = NULL }
+#define INIT_HLIST_HEAD(ptr) ((ptr)->first = NULL)
+#define INIT_HLIST_NODE(ptr) ((ptr)->next = NULL, (ptr)->pprev = NULL)
+
+static __inline__ int hlist_unhashed(const struct hlist_node *h)
+{
+ return !h->pprev;
+}
+
+static __inline__ int hlist_empty(const struct hlist_head *h)
+{
+ return !h->first;
+}
+
+static __inline__ void __hlist_del(struct hlist_node *n)
+{
+ struct hlist_node *next = n->next;
+ struct hlist_node **pprev = n->pprev;
+ *pprev = next;
+ if (next)
+ next->pprev = pprev;
+}
+
+static __inline__ void hlist_del(struct hlist_node *n)
+{
+ __hlist_del(n);
+ n->next = LIST_POISON1;
+ n->pprev = LIST_POISON2;
+}
+
+/**
+ * hlist_del_rcu - deletes entry from hash list without re-initialization
+ * @n: the element to delete from the hash list.
+ *
+ * Note: list_unhashed() on entry does not return true after this,
+ * the entry is in an undefined state. It is useful for RCU based
+ * lockfree traversal.
+ *
+ * In particular, it means that we can not poison the forward
+ * pointers that may still be used for walking the hash list.
+ */
+static inline void hlist_del_rcu(struct hlist_node *n)
+{
+ __hlist_del(n);
+ n->pprev = LIST_POISON2;
+}
+
+static __inline__ void hlist_del_init(struct hlist_node *n)
+{
+ if (n->pprev) {
+ __hlist_del(n);
+ INIT_HLIST_NODE(n);
+ }
+}
+
+#define hlist_del_rcu_init hlist_del_init
+
+static __inline__ void hlist_add_head(struct hlist_node *n, struct hlist_head *h)
+{
+ struct hlist_node *first = h->first;
+ n->next = first;
+ if (first)
+ first->pprev = &n->next;
+ h->first = n;
+ n->pprev = &h->first;
+}
+
+static __inline__ void hlist_add_head_rcu(struct hlist_node *n, struct hlist_head *h)
+{
+ struct hlist_node *first = h->first;
+ n->next = first;
+ n->pprev = &h->first;
+ smp_wmb();
+ if (first)
+ first->pprev = &n->next;
+ h->first = n;
+}
+
+/* next must be != NULL */
+static __inline__ void hlist_add_before(struct hlist_node *n, struct hlist_node *next)
+{
+ n->pprev = next->pprev;
+ n->next = next;
+ next->pprev = &n->next;
+ *(n->pprev) = n;
+}
+
+static __inline__ void hlist_add_after(struct hlist_node *n,
+ struct hlist_node *next)
+{
+ next->next = n->next;
+ *(next->pprev) = n;
+ n->next = next;
+}
+
+#define hlist_entry(ptr, type, member) container_of(ptr,type,member)
+
+/* Cannot easily do prefetch unfortunately */
+#define hlist_for_each(pos, head) \
+ for (pos = (head)->first; pos && ({ prefetch(pos->next); 1; }); \
+ pos = pos->next)
+
+#define hlist_for_each_safe(pos, n, head) \
+ for (pos = (head)->first; n = pos ? pos->next : 0, pos; \
+ pos = n)
+
+/**
+ * hlist_for_each_entry - iterate over list of given type
+ * @tpos: the type * to use as a loop counter.
+ * @pos: the &struct hlist_node to use as a loop counter.
+ * @head: the head for your list.
+ * @member: the name of the hlist_node within the struct.
+ */
+#define hlist_for_each_entry(tpos, pos, head, member) \
+ for (pos = (head)->first; \
+ pos && ({ prefetch(pos->next); 1;}) && \
+ ({ tpos = hlist_entry(pos, typeof(*tpos), member); 1;}); \
+ pos = pos->next)
+
+/**
+ * hlist_for_each_entry_continue - iterate over a hlist continuing after existing point
+ * @tpos: the type * to use as a loop counter.
+ * @pos: the &struct hlist_node to use as a loop counter.
+ * @member: the name of the hlist_node within the struct.
+ */
+#define hlist_for_each_entry_continue(tpos, pos, member) \
+ for (pos = (pos)->next; \
+ pos && ({ prefetch(pos->next); 1;}) && \
+ ({ tpos = hlist_entry(pos, typeof(*tpos), member); 1;}); \
+ pos = pos->next)
+
+/**
+ * hlist_for_each_entry_from - iterate over a hlist continuing from existing point
+ * @tpos: the type * to use as a loop counter.
+ * @pos: the &struct hlist_node to use as a loop counter.
+ * @member: the name of the hlist_node within the struct.
+ */
+#define hlist_for_each_entry_from(tpos, pos, member) \
+ for (; pos && ({ prefetch(pos->next); 1;}) && \
+ ({ tpos = hlist_entry(pos, typeof(*tpos), member); 1;}); \
+ pos = pos->next)
+
+/**
+ * hlist_for_each_entry_safe - iterate over list of given type safe against removal of list entry
+ * @tpos: the type * to use as a loop counter.
+ * @pos: the &struct hlist_node to use as a loop counter.
+ * @n: another &struct hlist_node to use as temporary storage
+ * @head: the head for your list.
+ * @member: the name of the hlist_node within the struct.
+ */
+#define hlist_for_each_entry_safe(tpos, pos, n, head, member) \
+ for (pos = (head)->first; \
+ pos && ({ n = pos->next; 1; }) && \
+ ({ tpos = hlist_entry(pos, typeof(*tpos), member); 1;}); \
+ pos = n)
+#else
+#warning "don't include kernel headers in userspace"
+#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
+#endif
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