[PATCH] list: introduce list_replace() helper

list_replace() is similar to list_replace_rcu(), but unlike
list_replace_rcu() it

	could be used when list_empty(old) == 1

	doesn't use barriers

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/list.h b/include/linux/list.h
index 76f05718342c..a02642e4710a 100644
--- a/include/linux/list.h
+++ b/include/linux/list.h
@@ -197,12 +197,35 @@ static inline void list_del_rcu(struct list_head *entry)
         entry->prev = LIST_POISON2;
 }
 
+/**
+ * list_replace - replace old entry by new one
+ * @old : the element to be replaced
+ * @new : the new element to insert
+ * Note: if 'old' was empty, it will be overwritten.
+ */
+static inline void list_replace(struct list_head *old,
+                                struct list_head *new)
+{
+        new->next = old->next;
+        new->next->prev = new;
+        new->prev = old->prev;
+        new->prev->next = new;
+}
+
+static inline void list_replace_init(struct list_head *old,
+                                        struct list_head *new)
+{
+        list_replace(old, new);
+        INIT_LIST_HEAD(old);
+}
+
 /*
  * list_replace_rcu - replace old entry by new one
  * @old : the element to be replaced
  * @new : the new element to insert
  *
  * The old entry will be replaced with the new entry atomically.
+ * Note: 'old' should not be empty.
  */
 static inline void list_replace_rcu(struct list_head *old,
                                 struct list_head *new)