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From: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
To: Geliang Tang <geliangtang@163.com>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>, Josef Bacik <jbacik@fb.com>,
	Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>,
	Seth Jennings <sjenning@redhat.com>,
	Jiri Kosina <jikos@kernel.org>, Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.com>,
	Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>,
	Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>,
	Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@blackhole.kfki.hu>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	live-patching@vger.kernel.org, netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org,
	coreteam@netfilter.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-block@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] list: introduce list_is_first()
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2015 08:10:34 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <566995EA.80509@kernel.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <305feb971ae11e192f35f25d66bb7b2e28e06c39.1449755818.git.geliangtang@163.com>

On 12/10/2015 07:17 AM, Geliang Tang wrote:
> We already have list_is_last(), it makes sense to also add
> list_is_first() for consistency. This list utility function
> to check for first element in a list.

Honestly, I think we already have way too many of these kind of helpers. 
IMHO they don't really help, they hurt readability. You should know how 
the list works anyway, and if you do, then it's a no-brainer what's 
first and last. If you don't, then you are bound to screw up in other ways.

Just my 2 cents.

-- 
Jens Axboe

  parent reply	other threads:[~2015-12-10 15:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-12-10 14:17 [PATCH 1/4] list: introduce list_is_first() Geliang Tang
2015-12-10 14:17 ` [PATCH 2/4] livepatch: use list_is_first() Geliang Tang
2015-12-10 14:17   ` [PATCH 3/4] netfilter: ipset: " Geliang Tang
2015-12-10 14:20     ` [PATCH 4/4] elevator: use list_is_{first,last} Geliang Tang
2015-12-10 15:10 ` Jens Axboe [this message]
2015-12-10 15:23   ` [PATCH 1/4] list: introduce list_is_first() Josh Poimboeuf
2015-12-10 15:35     ` Jens Axboe
2015-12-10 16:47       ` Jiri Kosina
2015-12-10 15:35     ` Christoph Hellwig

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