Re: [patch] generic-pidhash-2.5.36-J2, BK-curr

Ingo Molnar (mingo@elte.hu)
Fri, 20 Sep 2002 01:46:46 +0200 (CEST)


On Fri, 20 Sep 2002, Dave Jones wrote:

> > > - add list_for_each_noprefetch() to list.h, for all those list users who
> > > know that in the majority of cases the list is going to be short.
> > That name is really ugly, as the lack ofthe prefetch is an implementation
> > detail. What about list_for_each_short or __list_for_each?
>
> Wasn't this the reason we have list_for_each_safe() ?

no, list_for_each_safe() is a loop that is entry-removal safe.

Ingo

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