Re: [Drbd-dev] [PATCH 2/2] drbd: remove check of list iterator against head past the loop body

[Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>]

On 3/31/22 4:28 PM, Christoph B?hmwalder wrote:
> Am 01.04.22 um 00:03 schrieb Jakob Koschel:
>> When list_for_each_entry() completes the iteration over the whole list
>> without breaking the loop, the iterator value will be a bogus pointer
>> computed based on the head element.
>>
>> While it is safe to use the pointer to determine if it was computed
>> based on the head element, either with list_entry_is_head() or
>> &pos->member == head, using the iterator variable after the loop should
>> be avoided.
>>
>> In preparation to limit the scope of a list iterator to the list
>> traversal loop, use a dedicated pointer to point to the found element [1].
>>
> 
> Hi Jakob,
> 
> Both of these look good to me, thanks.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Christoph B?hmwalder <christoph.boehmwalder@linbit.com>

Applied both, but shortened title of this commit. Jakob, please keep it
within the usual 74 chars. In general, it's great to use a cover letter
for anything that's more than one patch. Just some pointers if you're
doing more of these.

-- 
Jens Axboe