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+#ifndef _LINUX_LISTHELP_H
+#define _LINUX_LISTHELP_H
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include "linux_list.h"
+
+/* Header to do more comprehensive job than linux/list.h; assume list
+ is first entry in structure. */
+
+/* Return pointer to first true entry, if any, or NULL. A macro
+ required to allow inlining of cmpfn. */
+#define LIST_FIND(head, cmpfn, type, args...) \
+({ \
+ const struct list_head *__i = (head); \
+ \
+ do { \
+ __i = __i->next; \
+ if (__i == (head)) { \
+ __i = NULL; \
+ break; \
+ } \
+ } while (!cmpfn((const type)__i , ## args)); \
+ (type)__i; \
+})
+
+#define LIST_FIND_W(head, cmpfn, type, args...) \
+({ \
+ const struct list_head *__i = (head); \
+ \
+ do { \
+ __i = __i->next; \
+ if (__i == (head)) { \
+ __i = NULL; \
+ break; \
+ } \
+ } while (!cmpfn((type)__i , ## args)); \
+ (type)__i; \
+})
+
+static inline int
+__list_cmp_same(const void *p1, const void *p2) { return p1 == p2; }
+
+/* Is this entry in the list? */
+static inline int
+list_inlist(struct list_head *head, const void *entry)
+{
+ return LIST_FIND(head, __list_cmp_same, void *, entry) != NULL;
+}
+
+/* Delete from list. */
+#define LIST_DELETE(head, oldentry) list_del((struct list_head *)oldentry)
+
+/* Append. */
+static inline void
+list_append(struct list_head *head, void *new)
+{
+ list_add((new), (head)->prev);
+}
+
+/* Prepend. */
+static inline void
+list_prepend(struct list_head *head, void *new)
+{
+ list_add(new, head);
+}
+
+/* Insert according to ordering function; insert before first true. */
+#define LIST_INSERT(head, new, cmpfn) \
+do { \
+ struct list_head *__i; \
+ for (__i = (head)->next; \
+ !cmpfn((new), (typeof (new))__i) && __i != (head); \
+ __i = __i->next); \
+ list_add((struct list_head *)(new), __i->prev); \
+} while(0)
+
+/* If the field after the list_head is a nul-terminated string, you
+ can use these functions. */
+static inline int __list_cmp_name(const void *i, const char *name)
+{
+ return strcmp(name, i+sizeof(struct list_head)) == 0;
+}
+
+/* Returns false if same name already in list, otherwise does insert. */
+static inline int
+list_named_insert(struct list_head *head, void *new)
+{
+ if (LIST_FIND(head, __list_cmp_name, void *,
+ new + sizeof(struct list_head)))
+ return 0;
+ list_prepend(head, new);
+ return 1;
+}
+
+/* Find this named element in the list. */
+#define list_named_find(head, name) \
+LIST_FIND(head, __list_cmp_name, void *, name)
+
+#endif /*_LISTHELP_H*/