[PATCH RFC 13/13] lib/plist.c: remove requeue function

From: Kairui Song via B4 Relay

Date: Mon Jul 13 2026 - 13:28:04 EST


From: Kairui Song <kasong@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Now the last user of plist requeue is gone, this function can be
removed.

Signed-off-by: Kairui Song <kasong@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/plist.h | 2 --
lib/plist.c | 64 ---------------------------------------------------
2 files changed, 66 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/plist.h b/include/linux/plist.h
index 16cf4355b5c1..73d359c1a053 100644
--- a/include/linux/plist.h
+++ b/include/linux/plist.h
@@ -132,8 +132,6 @@ static inline void plist_node_init(struct plist_node *node, int prio)
extern void plist_add(struct plist_node *node, struct plist_head *head);
extern void plist_del(struct plist_node *node, struct plist_head *head);

-extern void plist_requeue(struct plist_node *node, struct plist_head *head);
-
/**
* plist_for_each - iterate over the plist
* @pos: the type * to use as a loop counter
diff --git a/lib/plist.c b/lib/plist.c
index a5bef38add43..b05ae7ffea87 100644
--- a/lib/plist.c
+++ b/lib/plist.c
@@ -142,58 +142,6 @@ void plist_del(struct plist_node *node, struct plist_head *head)
plist_check_head(head);
}

-/**
- * plist_requeue - Requeue @node at end of same-prio entries.
- *
- * This is essentially an optimized plist_del() followed by
- * plist_add(). It moves an entry already in the plist to
- * after any other same-priority entries.
- *
- * @node: &struct plist_node pointer - entry to be moved
- * @head: &struct plist_head pointer - list head
- */
-void plist_requeue(struct plist_node *node, struct plist_head *head)
-{
- struct plist_node *iter;
- struct list_head *node_next = &head->node_list;
-
- plist_check_head(head);
- BUG_ON(plist_head_empty(head));
- BUG_ON(plist_node_empty(node));
-
- if (node == plist_last(head))
- return;
-
- iter = plist_next(node);
-
- if (node->prio != iter->prio)
- return;
-
- plist_del(node, head);
-
- /*
- * After plist_del(), iter is the replacement of the node. If the node
- * was on prio_list, take shortcut to find node_next instead of looping.
- */
- if (!list_empty(&iter->prio_list)) {
- iter = list_entry(iter->prio_list.next, struct plist_node,
- prio_list);
- node_next = &iter->node_list;
- goto queue;
- }
-
- plist_for_each_continue(iter, head) {
- if (node->prio != iter->prio) {
- node_next = &iter->node_list;
- break;
- }
- }
-queue:
- list_add_tail(&node->node_list, node_next);
-
- plist_check_head(head);
-}
-
#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_PLIST
#include <linux/sched.h>
#include <linux/sched/clock.h>
@@ -231,14 +179,6 @@ static void __init plist_test_check(int nr_expect)
BUG_ON(prio_pos->prio_list.next != &first->prio_list);
}

-static void __init plist_test_requeue(struct plist_node *node)
-{
- plist_requeue(node, &test_head);
-
- if (node != plist_last(&test_head))
- BUG_ON(node->prio == plist_next(node)->prio);
-}
-
static int __init plist_test(void)
{
int nr_expect = 0, i, loop;
@@ -262,10 +202,6 @@ static int __init plist_test(void)
nr_expect--;
}
plist_test_check(nr_expect);
- if (!plist_node_empty(test_node + i)) {
- plist_test_requeue(test_node + i);
- plist_test_check(nr_expect);
- }
}

for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(test_node); i++) {

--
2.55.0