Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew Morton)

Merge first patch-bomb from Andrew Morton:
 "Quite a lot of other stuff is banked up awaiting further
  next->mainline merging, but this batch contains:

   - Lots of random misc patches
   - OCFS2
   - Most of MM
   - backlight updates
   - lib/ updates
   - printk updates
   - checkpatch updates
   - epoll tweaking
   - rtc updates
   - hfs
   - hfsplus
   - documentation
   - procfs
   - update gcov to gcc-4.7 format
   - IPC"

* emailed patches from Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>: (269 commits)
  ipc, msg: fix message length check for negative values
  ipc/util.c: remove unnecessary work pending test
  devpts: plug the memory leak in kill_sb
  ./Makefile: export initial ramdisk compression config option
  init/Kconfig: add option to disable kernel compression
  drivers: w1: make w1_slave::flags long to avoid memory corruption
  drivers/w1/masters/ds1wm.cuse dev_get_platdata()
  drivers/memstick/core/ms_block.c: fix unreachable state in h_msb_read_page()
  drivers/memstick/core/mspro_block.c: fix attributes array allocation
  drivers/pps/clients/pps-gpio.c: remove redundant of_match_ptr
  kernel/panic.c: reduce 1 byte usage for print tainted buffer
  gcov: reuse kbasename helper
  kernel/gcov/fs.c: use pr_warn()
  kernel/module.c: use pr_foo()
  gcov: compile specific gcov implementation based on gcc version
  gcov: add support for gcc 4.7 gcov format
  gcov: move gcov structs definitions to a gcc version specific file
  kernel/taskstats.c: return -ENOMEM when alloc memory fails in add_del_listener()
  kernel/taskstats.c: add nla_nest_cancel() for failure processing between nla_nest_start() and nla_nest_end()
  kernel/sysctl_binary.c: use scnprintf() instead of snprintf()
  ...

1 files changed, 53 insertions, 26 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/list.h b/include/linux/list.h
index f4d8a2f..ef95941 100644
--- a/include/linux/list.h
+++ b/include/linux/list.h
@@ -362,6 +362,17 @@ static inline void list_splice_tail_init(struct list_head *list,
 	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_first_entry_or_null - get the first element from a list
  * @ptr:	the list head to take the element from.
  * @type:	the type of the struct this is embedded in.
@@ -373,6 +384,22 @@ static inline void list_splice_tail_init(struct list_head *list,
 	(!list_empty(ptr) ? list_first_entry(ptr, type, member) : NULL)
 
 /**
+ * list_next_entry - get the next element in list
+ * @pos:	the type * to cursor
+ * @member:	the name of the list_struct within the struct.
+ */
+#define list_next_entry(pos, member) \
+	list_entry((pos)->member.next, typeof(*(pos)), member)
+
+/**
+ * list_prev_entry - get the prev element in list
+ * @pos:	the type * to cursor
+ * @member:	the name of the list_struct within the struct.
+ */
+#define list_prev_entry(pos, member) \
+	list_entry((pos)->member.prev, typeof(*(pos)), 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.
@@ -416,9 +443,9 @@ static inline void list_splice_tail_init(struct list_head *list,
  * @member:	the name of the list_struct within the struct.
  */
 #define list_for_each_entry(pos, head, member)				\
-	for (pos = list_entry((head)->next, typeof(*pos), member);	\
-	     &pos->member != (head); 	\
-	     pos = list_entry(pos->member.next, typeof(*pos), member))
+	for (pos = list_first_entry(head, typeof(*pos), member);	\
+	     &pos->member != (head);					\
+	     pos = list_next_entry(pos, member))
 
 /**
  * list_for_each_entry_reverse - iterate backwards over list of given type.
@@ -427,9 +454,9 @@ static inline void list_splice_tail_init(struct list_head *list,
  * @member:	the name of the list_struct within the struct.
  */
 #define list_for_each_entry_reverse(pos, head, member)			\
-	for (pos = list_entry((head)->prev, typeof(*pos), member);	\
-	     &pos->member != (head); 	\
-	     pos = list_entry(pos->member.prev, typeof(*pos), member))
+	for (pos = list_last_entry(head, typeof(*pos), member);		\
+	     &pos->member != (head); 					\
+	     pos = list_prev_entry(pos, member))
 
 /**
  * list_prepare_entry - prepare a pos entry for use in list_for_each_entry_continue()
@@ -452,9 +479,9 @@ static inline void list_splice_tail_init(struct list_head *list,
  * the current position.
  */
 #define list_for_each_entry_continue(pos, head, member) 		\
-	for (pos = list_entry(pos->member.next, typeof(*pos), member);	\
-	     &pos->member != (head);	\
-	     pos = list_entry(pos->member.next, typeof(*pos), member))
+	for (pos = list_next_entry(pos, member);			\
+	     &pos->member != (head);					\
+	     pos = list_next_entry(pos, member))
 
 /**
  * list_for_each_entry_continue_reverse - iterate backwards from the given point
@@ -466,9 +493,9 @@ static inline void list_splice_tail_init(struct list_head *list,
  * the current position.
  */
 #define list_for_each_entry_continue_reverse(pos, head, member)		\
-	for (pos = list_entry(pos->member.prev, typeof(*pos), member);	\
-	     &pos->member != (head);	\
-	     pos = list_entry(pos->member.prev, typeof(*pos), member))
+	for (pos = list_prev_entry(pos, member);			\
+	     &pos->member != (head);					\
+	     pos = list_prev_entry(pos, member))
 
 /**
  * list_for_each_entry_from - iterate over list of given type from the current point
@@ -479,8 +506,8 @@ static inline void list_splice_tail_init(struct list_head *list,
  * Iterate over list of given type, continuing from current position.
  */
 #define list_for_each_entry_from(pos, head, member) 			\
-	for (; &pos->member != (head);	\
-	     pos = list_entry(pos->member.next, typeof(*pos), member))
+	for (; &pos->member != (head);					\
+	     pos = list_next_entry(pos, member))
 
 /**
  * list_for_each_entry_safe - iterate over list of given type safe against removal of list entry
@@ -490,10 +517,10 @@ static inline void list_splice_tail_init(struct list_head *list,
  * @member:	the name of the list_struct within the struct.
  */
 #define list_for_each_entry_safe(pos, n, head, member)			\
-	for (pos = list_entry((head)->next, typeof(*pos), member),	\
-		n = list_entry(pos->member.next, typeof(*pos), member);	\
+	for (pos = list_first_entry(head, typeof(*pos), member),	\
+		n = list_next_entry(pos, member);			\
 	     &pos->member != (head); 					\
-	     pos = n, n = list_entry(n->member.next, typeof(*n), member))
+	     pos = n, n = list_next_entry(n, member))
 
 /**
  * list_for_each_entry_safe_continue - continue list iteration safe against removal
@@ -506,10 +533,10 @@ static inline void list_splice_tail_init(struct list_head *list,
  * safe against removal of list entry.
  */
 #define list_for_each_entry_safe_continue(pos, n, head, member) 		\
-	for (pos = list_entry(pos->member.next, typeof(*pos), member), 		\
-		n = list_entry(pos->member.next, typeof(*pos), member);		\
+	for (pos = list_next_entry(pos, member), 				\
+		n = list_next_entry(pos, member);				\
 	     &pos->member != (head);						\
-	     pos = n, n = list_entry(n->member.next, typeof(*n), member))
+	     pos = n, n = list_next_entry(n, member))
 
 /**
  * list_for_each_entry_safe_from - iterate over list from current point safe against removal
@@ -522,9 +549,9 @@ static inline void list_splice_tail_init(struct list_head *list,
  * removal of list entry.
  */
 #define list_for_each_entry_safe_from(pos, n, head, member) 			\
-	for (n = list_entry(pos->member.next, typeof(*pos), member);		\
+	for (n = list_next_entry(pos, member);					\
 	     &pos->member != (head);						\
-	     pos = n, n = list_entry(n->member.next, typeof(*n), member))
+	     pos = n, n = list_next_entry(n, member))
 
 /**
  * list_for_each_entry_safe_reverse - iterate backwards over list safe against removal
@@ -537,10 +564,10 @@ static inline void list_splice_tail_init(struct list_head *list,
  * of list entry.
  */
 #define list_for_each_entry_safe_reverse(pos, n, head, member)		\
-	for (pos = list_entry((head)->prev, typeof(*pos), member),	\
-		n = list_entry(pos->member.prev, typeof(*pos), member);	\
+	for (pos = list_last_entry(head, typeof(*pos), member),		\
+		n = list_prev_entry(pos, member);			\
 	     &pos->member != (head); 					\
-	     pos = n, n = list_entry(n->member.prev, typeof(*n), member))
+	     pos = n, n = list_prev_entry(n, member))
 
 /**
  * list_safe_reset_next - reset a stale list_for_each_entry_safe loop
@@ -555,7 +582,7 @@ static inline void list_splice_tail_init(struct list_head *list,
  * completing the current iteration of the loop body.
  */
 #define list_safe_reset_next(pos, n, member)				\
-	n = list_entry(pos->member.next, typeof(*pos), member)
+	n = list_next_entry(pos, member)
 
 /*
  * Double linked lists with a single pointer list head.