Subject: list-add-list-last-entry.patch From: Peter Zijlstra Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 11:22:36 +0200 Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner --- include/linux/list.h | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) Index: linux-stable/include/linux/list.h =================================================================== --- linux-stable.orig/include/linux/list.h +++ linux-stable/include/linux/list.h @@ -362,6 +362,17 @@ static inline void list_splice_tail_init list_entry((ptr)->next, type, member) /** + * list_last_entry - get the last element from a list + * @ptr: the list head to take the element from. + * @type: the type of the struct this is embedded in. + * @member: the name of the list_struct within the struct. + * + * Note, that list is expected to be not empty. + */ +#define list_last_entry(ptr, type, member) \ + list_entry((ptr)->prev, type, member) + +/** * list_for_each - iterate over a list * @pos: the &struct list_head to use as a loop cursor. * @head: the head for your list.