From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161210AbWF0Q7L (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Jun 2006 12:59:11 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161213AbWF0Q7L (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Jun 2006 12:59:11 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:3234 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161210AbWF0Q7J (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Jun 2006 12:59:09 -0400 Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 12:58:19 -0400 From: Dave Jones To: Takashi Iwai Cc: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com>, alsa-devel , linux-kernel Subject: Re: list corruption on removal of snd_seq_dummy Message-ID: <20060627165819.GC1280@redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , Takashi Iwai , Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com>, alsa-devel , linux-kernel References: <200606270808_MC3-1-C391-2F33@compuserve.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jun 27, 2006 at 02:38:39PM +0200, Takashi Iwai wrote: > > > No, list_move() can't move the whole elements without loop. > > > > > > A solution is > > > > > > list_add(B, A); > > > list_del_init(A); > > > > > > (although this introduces a bit more code :) > > > > Shouldn't it be like this? > > > > ports_list_first = client->ports_list_head.next; > > list_del_init(client->ports_list_head); > > list_splice(ports_list_first, &deleted_list); > > This requires INIT_LIST_HEAD(&deleted_list) first, so obviously > a longer code :) This is hardly a speed/size critical function. I'd go for readability over cute hacks any day. Dave -- http://www.codemonkey.org.uk