[PATCH v3 6/7] initramfs: Use mutable list iterator

From: Kaitao Cheng

Date: Mon Jun 22 2026 - 00:33:15 EST


From: Kaitao Cheng <chengkaitao@xxxxxxxxxx>

The safe list iterator in dir_utime() requires a temporary cursor even
though the loop body only deletes and frees the current entry. The
mutable iterator keeps the same removal-safe traversal semantics while
hiding the internal cursor from the call site.

Switch dir_utime() to list_for_each_entry_mutable() and drop the unused
temporary cursor variable. No functional change is intended.

Signed-off-by: Kaitao Cheng <chengkaitao@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
init/initramfs.c | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/init/initramfs.c b/init/initramfs.c
index 20a18fcda48e..e226d7eb1257 100644
--- a/init/initramfs.c
+++ b/init/initramfs.c
@@ -167,8 +167,9 @@ static void __init dir_add(const char *name, size_t nlen, time64_t mtime)

static void __init dir_utime(void)
{
- struct dir_entry *de, *tmp;
- list_for_each_entry_safe(de, tmp, &dir_list, list) {
+ struct dir_entry *de;
+
+ list_for_each_entry_mutable(de, &dir_list, list) {
list_del(&de->list);
do_utime(de->name, de->mtime);
kfree(de);
--
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