Re: [PATCH 0/2] introduce list_for_each_entry_del

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Tue Jun 04 2013 - 10:49:01 EST


On Mon, Jun 03, 2013 at 03:55:55PM -0400, J??rn Engel wrote:
> Actually, when I compare the two invocations, I prefer the
> list_for_each_entry_del() variant over list_pop_entry().
>
> while ((ref = list_pop_entry(&prefs, struct __prelim_ref, list))) {
> list_for_each_entry_del(ref, &prefs, list) {
>
> Christoph?

I really don't like something that looks like an iterator (*for_each*)
to modify a list. Maybe it's just me, so I'd love to hear others chime
in.

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