The patch titled
drivers/char: use LIST_HEAD instead of LIST_HEAD_INIT
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
drivers-char-use-list_head-instead-of-list_head_init.patch
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Subject: drivers/char: use LIST_HEAD instead of LIST_HEAD_INIT
From: Denis Cheng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
single list_head variable initialized with LIST_HEAD_INIT could almost
always can be replaced with LIST_HEAD declaration, this shrinks the code
and looks better.
Signed-off-by: Denis Cheng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Corey Minyard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
drivers/char/hvc_console.c | 2 +-
drivers/char/hvcs.c | 2 +-
drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c | 4 ++--
3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff -puN
drivers/char/hvc_console.c~drivers-char-use-list_head-instead-of-list_head_init
drivers/char/hvc_console.c
---
a/drivers/char/hvc_console.c~drivers-char-use-list_head-instead-of-list_head_init
+++ a/drivers/char/hvc_console.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ struct hvc_struct {
};
/* dynamic list of hvc_struct instances */
-static struct list_head hvc_structs = LIST_HEAD_INIT(hvc_structs);
+static LIST_HEAD(hvc_structs);
/*
* Protect the list of hvc_struct instances from inserts and removals during
diff -puN
drivers/char/hvcs.c~drivers-char-use-list_head-instead-of-list_head_init
drivers/char/hvcs.c
--- a/drivers/char/hvcs.c~drivers-char-use-list_head-instead-of-list_head_init
+++ a/drivers/char/hvcs.c
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ struct hvcs_struct {
/* Required to back map a kref to its containing object */
#define from_kref(kref) container_of(kref, struct hvcs_struct, kref)
-static struct list_head hvcs_structs = LIST_HEAD_INIT(hvcs_structs);
+static LIST_HEAD(hvcs_structs);
static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(hvcs_structs_lock);
static void hvcs_unthrottle(struct tty_struct *tty);
diff -puN
drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c~drivers-char-use-list_head-instead-of-list_head_init
drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
---
a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c~drivers-char-use-list_head-instead-of-list_head_init
+++ a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
@@ -365,12 +365,12 @@ static struct device_driver ipmidriver =
};
static DEFINE_MUTEX(ipmidriver_mutex);
-static struct list_head ipmi_interfaces = LIST_HEAD_INIT(ipmi_interfaces);
+static LIST_HEAD(ipmi_interfaces);
static DEFINE_MUTEX(ipmi_interfaces_mutex);
/* List of watchers that want to know when smi's are added and
deleted. */
-static struct list_head smi_watchers = LIST_HEAD_INIT(smi_watchers);
+static LIST_HEAD(smi_watchers);
static DEFINE_MUTEX(smi_watchers_mutex);
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from [EMAIL PROTECTED] are
mm-backing-devc-fix-percpu_counter_destroy-call-bug-in-bdi_init.patch
git-cryptodev.patch
drivers-char-use-list_head-instead-of-list_head_init.patch
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