[PATCH v2] list: Add a macro to test if entry is pointing to the head

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Tue Sep 29 2020 - 09:44:10 EST


Add a macro to test if entry is pointing to the head of the list
which is useful in cases like:

list_for_each_entry(pos, &head, member) {
if (cond)
break;
}
if (list_entry_is_head(pos, &head, member))
return -ERRNO;

that allows to avoid additional variable to be added to track if loop
has not been stopped in the middle.

While here, convert list_for_each_entry*() family of macros to use a new one.

Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
v2: converted users inside list.h, dropped ambiguous description
include/linux/list.h | 29 +++++++++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/list.h b/include/linux/list.h
index 796975c3c35c..89bdc92e75c3 100644
--- a/include/linux/list.h
+++ b/include/linux/list.h
@@ -609,6 +609,15 @@ static inline void list_splice_tail_init(struct list_head *list,
pos != (head); \
pos = n, n = pos->prev)

+/**
+ * list_entry_is_head - test if the entry points to the head of the list
+ * @pos: the type * to cursor
+ * @head: the head for your list.
+ * @member: the name of the list_head within the struct.
+ */
+#define list_entry_is_head(pos, head, member) \
+ (&pos->member == (head))
+
/**
* list_for_each_entry - iterate over list of given type
* @pos: the type * to use as a loop cursor.
@@ -617,7 +626,7 @@ static inline void list_splice_tail_init(struct list_head *list,
*/
#define list_for_each_entry(pos, head, member) \
for (pos = list_first_entry(head, typeof(*pos), member); \
- &pos->member != (head); \
+ !list_entry_is_head(pos, head, member); \
pos = list_next_entry(pos, member))

/**
@@ -628,7 +637,7 @@ static inline void list_splice_tail_init(struct list_head *list,
*/
#define list_for_each_entry_reverse(pos, head, member) \
for (pos = list_last_entry(head, typeof(*pos), member); \
- &pos->member != (head); \
+ !list_entry_is_head(pos, head, member); \
pos = list_prev_entry(pos, member))

/**
@@ -653,7 +662,7 @@ static inline void list_splice_tail_init(struct list_head *list,
*/
#define list_for_each_entry_continue(pos, head, member) \
for (pos = list_next_entry(pos, member); \
- &pos->member != (head); \
+ !list_entry_is_head(pos, head, member); \
pos = list_next_entry(pos, member))

/**
@@ -667,7 +676,7 @@ static inline void list_splice_tail_init(struct list_head *list,
*/
#define list_for_each_entry_continue_reverse(pos, head, member) \
for (pos = list_prev_entry(pos, member); \
- &pos->member != (head); \
+ !list_entry_is_head(pos, head, member); \
pos = list_prev_entry(pos, member))

/**
@@ -679,7 +688,7 @@ static inline void list_splice_tail_init(struct list_head *list,
* Iterate over list of given type, continuing from current position.
*/
#define list_for_each_entry_from(pos, head, member) \
- for (; &pos->member != (head); \
+ for (; !list_entry_is_head(pos, head, member); \
pos = list_next_entry(pos, member))

/**
@@ -692,7 +701,7 @@ static inline void list_splice_tail_init(struct list_head *list,
* Iterate backwards over list of given type, continuing from current position.
*/
#define list_for_each_entry_from_reverse(pos, head, member) \
- for (; &pos->member != (head); \
+ for (; !list_entry_is_head(pos, head, member); \
pos = list_prev_entry(pos, member))

/**
@@ -705,7 +714,7 @@ static inline void list_splice_tail_init(struct list_head *list,
#define list_for_each_entry_safe(pos, n, head, member) \
for (pos = list_first_entry(head, typeof(*pos), member), \
n = list_next_entry(pos, member); \
- &pos->member != (head); \
+ !list_entry_is_head(pos, head, member); \
pos = n, n = list_next_entry(n, member))

/**
@@ -721,7 +730,7 @@ static inline void list_splice_tail_init(struct list_head *list,
#define list_for_each_entry_safe_continue(pos, n, head, member) \
for (pos = list_next_entry(pos, member), \
n = list_next_entry(pos, member); \
- &pos->member != (head); \
+ !list_entry_is_head(pos, head, member); \
pos = n, n = list_next_entry(n, member))

/**
@@ -736,7 +745,7 @@ static inline void list_splice_tail_init(struct list_head *list,
*/
#define list_for_each_entry_safe_from(pos, n, head, member) \
for (n = list_next_entry(pos, member); \
- &pos->member != (head); \
+ !list_entry_is_head(pos, head, member); \
pos = n, n = list_next_entry(n, member))

/**
@@ -752,7 +761,7 @@ static inline void list_splice_tail_init(struct list_head *list,
#define list_for_each_entry_safe_reverse(pos, n, head, member) \
for (pos = list_last_entry(head, typeof(*pos), member), \
n = list_prev_entry(pos, member); \
- &pos->member != (head); \
+ !list_entry_is_head(pos, head, member); \
pos = n, n = list_prev_entry(n, member))

/**
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