Re: [PATCH -mm] [2/3] add list_merge to list.h

[Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>]

On Thu, 3 Aug 2006 19:15:15 -0700
"Nate Diller" <nate.diller@gmail.com> wrote:

> +/**
> + * list_merge - merge two headless lists
> + * @list: the new list to merge.
> + * @head: the place to add it in the first list.
> + *
> + * This is similar to list_splice(), except it merges every item onto @list,
> + * not excluding @head itself.  It is a noop if @head already immediately
> + * preceeds @list.

"precedes"

> + */
> +static inline void list_merge(struct list_head *list, struct list_head *head)
> +{
> +	struct list_head *last = list->prev;
> +	struct list_head *at = head->next;
> +
> +	list->prev = head;
> +	head->next = list;
> +
> +	last->next = at;
> +	at->prev = last;
> +}

Interesting.  I didn't realise that none of the existing functions could do
this.  I wonder if we can flesh the comment out a bit: define "headless" a
little more verbosely.

Should we call it list_splice_headless() or something?  list_merge is a bit
vague.