On Fri, 15 Jun 2001, Alexander Viro wrote:
> > > + list_add (&s->s_list, super_blocks.prev);
> >
> > I'd use list_add_tail(&s->s_list, super_blocks);
>
> Umm... Why?
I have to agree with Matthew - "list_add_tail()" more clearly says what
the code is trying to do.
Aside from that, I will bet you a dollar that you'll see that using
"list_add_tail()" generating better code. Why? Simply because that way one
of the pointers is a constant, instead of being through indirection. Try
it and see.
And if order is arbitrary, please just use
list_add(&s->s_list, super_blocks);
because otherwise why use the ".prev" at all?
Linus
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