[RFC v4 05/17] tools lib: Add list_last_entry_or_null

From: Yang Jihong
Date: Wed Jul 27 2022 - 05:10:04 EST


Add list_last_entry_or_null to get the last element from a list,
returns NULL if the list is empty.

Signed-off-by: Yang Jihong <yangjihong1@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/include/linux/list.h | 11 +++++++++++
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/include/linux/list.h b/tools/include/linux/list.h
index b2fc48d5478c..a4dfb6a7cc6a 100644
--- a/tools/include/linux/list.h
+++ b/tools/include/linux/list.h
@@ -384,6 +384,17 @@ static inline void list_splice_tail_init(struct list_head *list,
#define list_first_entry_or_null(ptr, type, member) \
(!list_empty(ptr) ? list_first_entry(ptr, type, member) : NULL)

+/**
+ * list_last_entry_or_null - get the last element from a list
+ * @ptr: the list head to take the element from.
+ * @type: the type of the struct this is embedded in.
+ * @member: the name of the list_head within the struct.
+ *
+ * Note that if the list is empty, it returns NULL.
+ */
+#define list_last_entry_or_null(ptr, type, member) \
+ (!list_empty(ptr) ? list_last_entry(ptr, type, member) : NULL)
+
/**
* list_next_entry - get the next element in list
* @pos: the type * to cursor
--
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