On Fri, 19 May 2006 12:10:12 -0500 Scott Preece wrote:
> "cursor" is what I usually use in my own code...
>
> On 5/19/06, Andrew Morton <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > "cursor"
OK, here's a patch to replace the other one.
From: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]>
Use loop "cursor" instead of loop "counter" for list iterator
descriptions. They are not counters, they are cursors or
pointers or positions or locations.
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]>
---
include/linux/list.h | 52 +++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------
1 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
--- linux-2617-rc4g6.orig/include/linux/list.h
+++ linux-2617-rc4g6/include/linux/list.h
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ static inline void list_splice_init(stru
/**
* list_for_each - iterate over a list
- * @pos: the &struct list_head to use as a loop counter.
+ * @pos: the &struct list_head to use as a loop cursor.
* @head: the head for your list.
*/
#define list_for_each(pos, head) \
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ static inline void list_splice_init(stru
/**
* __list_for_each - iterate over a list
- * @pos: the &struct list_head to use as a loop counter.
+ * @pos: the &struct list_head to use as a loop cursor.
* @head: the head for your list.
*
* This variant differs from list_for_each() in that it's the
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ static inline void list_splice_init(stru
/**
* list_for_each_prev - iterate over a list backwards
- * @pos: the &struct list_head to use as a loop counter.
+ * @pos: the &struct list_head to use as a loop cursor.
* @head: the head for your list.
*/
#define list_for_each_prev(pos, head) \
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ static inline void list_splice_init(stru
/**
* list_for_each_safe - iterate over a list safe against removal of list entry
- * @pos: the &struct list_head to use as a loop counter.
+ * @pos: the &struct list_head to use as a loop cursor.
* @n: another &struct list_head to use as temporary storage
* @head: the head for your list.
*/
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ static inline void list_splice_init(stru
/**
* list_for_each_entry - iterate over list of given type
- * @pos: the type * to use as a loop counter.
+ * @pos: the type * to use as a loop cursor.
* @head: the head for your list.
* @member: the name of the list_struct within the struct.
*/
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ static inline void list_splice_init(stru
/**
* list_for_each_entry_reverse - iterate backwards over list of given type.
- * @pos: the type * to use as a loop counter.
+ * @pos: the type * to use as a loop cursor.
* @head: the head for your list.
* @member: the name of the list_struct within the struct.
*/
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ static inline void list_splice_init(stru
/**
* list_for_each_entry_continue - continue iteration over list of given type
- * @pos: the type * to use as a loop counter.
+ * @pos: the type * to use as a loop cursor.
* @head: the head for your list.
* @member: the name of the list_struct within the struct.
*
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ static inline void list_splice_init(stru
/**
* list_for_each_entry_from - iterate over list of given type from the current point
- * @pos: the type * to use as a loop counter.
+ * @pos: the type * to use as a loop cursor.
* @head: the head for your list.
* @member: the name of the list_struct within the struct.
*
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ static inline void list_splice_init(stru
/**
* list_for_each_entry_safe - iterate over list of given type safe against removal of list entry
- * @pos: the type * to use as a loop counter.
+ * @pos: the type * to use as a loop cursor.
* @n: another type * to use as temporary storage
* @head: the head for your list.
* @member: the name of the list_struct within the struct.
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ static inline void list_splice_init(stru
/**
* list_for_each_entry_safe_continue
- * @pos: the type * to use as a loop counter.
+ * @pos: the type * to use as a loop cursor.
* @n: another type * to use as temporary storage
* @head: the head for your list.
* @member: the name of the list_struct within the struct.
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ static inline void list_splice_init(stru
/**
* list_for_each_entry_safe_from
- * @pos: the type * to use as a loop counter.
+ * @pos: the type * to use as a loop cursor.
* @n: another type * to use as temporary storage
* @head: the head for your list.
* @member: the name of the list_struct within the struct.
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ static inline void list_splice_init(stru
/**
* list_for_each_entry_safe_reverse
- * @pos: the type * to use as a loop counter.
+ * @pos: the type * to use as a loop cursor.
* @n: another type * to use as temporary storage
* @head: the head for your list.
* @member: the name of the list_struct within the struct.
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ static inline void list_splice_init(stru
/**
* list_for_each_rcu - iterate over an rcu-protected list
- * @pos: the &struct list_head to use as a loop counter.
+ * @pos: the &struct list_head to use as a loop cursor.
* @head: the head for your list.
*
* This list-traversal primitive may safely run concurrently with
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ static inline void list_splice_init(stru
/**
* list_for_each_safe_rcu
- * @pos: the &struct list_head to use as a loop counter.
+ * @pos: the &struct list_head to use as a loop cursor.
* @n: another &struct list_head to use as temporary storage
* @head: the head for your list.
*
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ static inline void list_splice_init(stru
/**
* list_for_each_entry_rcu - iterate over rcu list of given type
- * @pos: the type * to use as a loop counter.
+ * @pos: the type * to use as a loop cursor.
* @head: the head for your list.
* @member: the name of the list_struct within the struct.
*
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ static inline void list_splice_init(stru
/**
* list_for_each_continue_rcu
- * @pos: the &struct list_head to use as a loop counter.
+ * @pos: the &struct list_head to use as a loop cursor.
* @head: the head for your list.
*
* Iterate over an rcu-protected list, continuing after current point.
@@ -791,8 +791,8 @@ static inline void hlist_add_after_rcu(s
/**
* hlist_for_each_entry - iterate over list of given type
- * @tpos: the type * to use as a loop counter.
- * @pos: the &struct hlist_node to use as a loop counter.
+ * @tpos: the type * to use as a loop cursor.
+ * @pos: the &struct hlist_node to use as a loop cursor.
* @head: the head for your list.
* @member: the name of the hlist_node within the struct.
*/
@@ -804,8 +804,8 @@ static inline void hlist_add_after_rcu(s
/**
* hlist_for_each_entry_continue - iterate over a hlist continuing after current point
- * @tpos: the type * to use as a loop counter.
- * @pos: the &struct hlist_node to use as a loop counter.
+ * @tpos: the type * to use as a loop cursor.
+ * @pos: the &struct hlist_node to use as a loop cursor.
* @member: the name of the hlist_node within the struct.
*/
#define hlist_for_each_entry_continue(tpos, pos, member) \
@@ -816,8 +816,8 @@ static inline void hlist_add_after_rcu(s
/**
* hlist_for_each_entry_from - iterate over a hlist continuing from current point
- * @tpos: the type * to use as a loop counter.
- * @pos: the &struct hlist_node to use as a loop counter.
+ * @tpos: the type * to use as a loop cursor.
+ * @pos: the &struct hlist_node to use as a loop cursor.
* @member: the name of the hlist_node within the struct.
*/
#define hlist_for_each_entry_from(tpos, pos, member) \
@@ -827,8 +827,8 @@ static inline void hlist_add_after_rcu(s
/**
* hlist_for_each_entry_safe - iterate over list of given type safe against removal of list entry
- * @tpos: the type * to use as a loop counter.
- * @pos: the &struct hlist_node to use as a loop counter.
+ * @tpos: the type * to use as a loop cursor.
+ * @pos: the &struct hlist_node to use as a loop cursor.
* @n: another &struct hlist_node to use as temporary storage
* @head: the head for your list.
* @member: the name of the hlist_node within the struct.
@@ -841,8 +841,8 @@ static inline void hlist_add_after_rcu(s
/**
* hlist_for_each_entry_rcu - iterate over rcu list of given type
- * @tpos: the type * to use as a loop counter.
- * @pos: the &struct hlist_node to use as a loop counter.
+ * @tpos: the type * to use as a loop cursor.
+ * @pos: the &struct hlist_node to use as a loop cursor.
* @head: the head for your list.
* @member: the name of the hlist_node within the struct.
*
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