Re: Q: (stupid) can't we "fix" hlist_for_each_entry() ?

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

On Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:48:50 +0100 Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> wrote:

> On Wed, 2008-03-12 at 11:12 +0300, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> > hlist_for_each_entry/hlist_for_each_entry_rcu doesn't actually need 4
> > arguments, it could be
> > 
> > #define hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(pos, head, member)		 			\
> > 	for (pos = hlist_entry((head)->first, typeof(*(pos)), member);			\
> > 	     rcu_dereference(pos) != hlist_entry(NULL, typeof(*(pos)), member) &&	\
> > 		({ prefetch((pos)->member.next); 1; });					\
> > 	     (pos) = hlist_entry((pos)->member.next, typeof(*(pos)), member))
> > 
> > Or,
> > 
> > #define hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(pos, head, member)		 			\
> > 	for (pos = (void*)(head)->first;						\
> > 	     rcu_dereference(pos) && ({ prefetch(((hlist_node*)pos)->next); 1; }) &&	\
> > 		({ (pos) = hlist_entry((void*)(pos), typeof(*(pos)), member)); 1; });	\
> > 	     (pos) = (void*)(pos)->member.next)
> > 
> > Q: is it worth "fixing" ?
> 
> I'm in favour.
> 
> > If yes, what is the "right" way to do this? These macros are spread all over
> > the kernel...
> 
> The usual way would be to prepare a git tree for Linus to pull right
> after -rc1 I think was the best point, and at the same time supply
> Andrew with a bunch of patches fixing up the various users in his tree.

That, or create new functions with new names, migrate over to them
piecemeal and later remove the old functions.

It's a bit of a problem that there is no alternative name.

eh, send over the jumbopatch after 2.6.25 is released - I'll take care of it.