[lustre-devel] [PATCH 00/22] Lustre: use while loop when emptying a list

[James Simmons]

> If you have a list that needs to be emptied, it is best to have a loop
> like
>   while (!list_empty(...))
> 
> because then it is obvious what the purpose of the loop is.
> Many places in lustre use
>   list_for_each_entry_safe()
> instead, which obscures the purpose.
> Several of these were from patches which deliberately converted from
> the while loop the list list_for_each_entry_safe() loop, at least some
> of which introduced real bugs.
> 
> This series reverts all those patches, and then makes other
> conversions.
> There are still several places which could be converted, but I got
> bored...
> I've particularly converted all where the list_head is a local
> variable. In these cases it is obviously wrong not to empty the
> list completely.
> 
> For those conversions that I did manual (not reverts) I use
>   list_first_entry()
> to get the first entry, rather then list_entry(head->next).
> Others could be converted as well.

So much heart burn with these patches. Nice to see them reverted.
I have tested this patch series but I like Doug or another Lnet
to review these patches as well.

> 
> NeilBrown
> 
> 
> ---
> 
> NeilBrown (22):
>       Revert "staging: lustre: lnet: api-ni: Use list_for_each_entry_safe"
>       Revert "staging: lustre: o2iblnd: Use list_for_each_entry_safe in kiblnd_destroy_fmr_pool_list"
>       Revert "staging: lustre: lnet: o2iblnd: Use list_for_each_entry_safe"
>       Revert "staging: lustre: lnet: socklnd: Use list_for_each_entry_safe"
>       Revert "staging: lustre: lnet: socklnd_proto: Use list_for_each_entry_safe"
>       Revert "staging: lustre: osc_cache: Use list_for_each_entry_safe"
>       Revert "staging: lustre: lnet: peer: Use list_for_each_entry_safe"
>       Revert "staging: lustre: lnet: config: Use list_for_each_entry_safe"
>       Revert "staging: lustre: lnet: router: Use list_for_each_entry_safe"
>       Revert "staging: lustre: lnet: conrpc: Use list_for_each_entry_safe"
>       Revert "staging: lustre: lnet: lib-move: Use list_for_each_entry_safe"
>       Revert "staging: lustre: obdclass: Use list_for_each_entry_safe"
>       Revert "staging: lustre: lnet: Use list_for_each_entry_safe"
>       Revert: Staging: lustre: Iterate list using list_for_each_entry
>       lustre: o2iblnd: convert list_for_each_entry_safe() to while(!list_empty())
>       lustre: tracefile: convert list_for_each_entry_safe() to while(!list_empty())
>       lustre: lib-move:  convert list_for_each_entry_safe() to while(!list_empty())
>       lustre: net_fault: convert list_for_each_entry_safe() to while(!list_empty())
>       lustre: fld_request: convert list_for_each_entry_safe() to while(!list_empty())
>       lustre: lov_obd: convert list_for_each_entry_safe() to while(!list_empty())
>       lustre: ldlm_request: convert list_for_each_entry_safe() to while(!list_empty())
>       lustre: sec_config: convert list_for_each_entry_safe() to while(!list_empty())
> 
> 
>  .../staging/lustre/lnet/klnds/o2iblnd/o2iblnd.c    |   21 ++++++++++++--------
>  .../staging/lustre/lnet/klnds/o2iblnd/o2iblnd_cb.c |   12 ++++++-----
>  .../staging/lustre/lnet/klnds/socklnd/socklnd.c    |    9 +++++----
>  .../staging/lustre/lnet/klnds/socklnd/socklnd_cb.c |    5 +++--
>  .../lustre/lnet/klnds/socklnd/socklnd_proto.c      |    4 ++--
>  drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/libcfs/tracefile.c     |   12 +++++++----
>  drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/lnet/api-ni.c          |   10 ++++++----
>  drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/lnet/config.c          |    5 +++--
>  drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/lnet/lib-move.c        |   13 +++++++-----
>  drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/lnet/net_fault.c       |    7 +++++--
>  drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/lnet/peer.c            |    4 ++--
>  drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/lnet/router.c          |    4 ++--
>  drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/selftest/conrpc.c      |    5 +++--
>  drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/fld/fld_request.c    |    6 ++++--
>  drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ldlm/ldlm_request.c  |    6 ++++--
>  drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lov/lov_obd.c        |    5 +++--
>  .../staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/lustre_peer.c   |    5 +++--
>  drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/osc/osc_cache.c      |    9 +++++----
>  drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/sec_config.c  |    7 ++++---
>  19 files changed, 87 insertions(+), 62 deletions(-)
> 
> --
> Signature
> 
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