Re: [PATCH][2.5] Single linked lists for Linux, overly complicated v2

From: Thunder from the hill (thunder@lightweight.ods.org)
Date: Fri Sep 27 2002 - 15:52:38 EST


Hi,

On Fri, 27 Sep 2002, Zach Brown wrote:
> > That's adding to front. One should be aware of that. The other add is
> >
> > #define slist_add(_new_in, _head_in) \
> > do { \
> > typeof(_head_in) _head = (_head_in), \
> > _new = (_new_in); \
> > _new->next = _head->next; \
> > _head->next = _new; \
> > } while (0)
>
> which is a degenerate case of slist_add_pos(), which is more
> complication than this trivial implementation needs. have you looked at
> other single linked list implementations? like glib's? do you really
> think we need that in the kernel?

Where is this complicated? I don't even have one more line than the other.
There are two positions relative to the head where we can put the list
members, one of which is before, the other is after.

                        Thunder

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