Greetings from pre-2000 GLib contributor :)
The Linux kernel has a unique, and useful, doubly-linked list
implementation that I find myself constantly copying into the userspace
programs that I write. As a frequent user of GLib in my console-based
and server applications, I thought it would be nice to have included in
GLib proper, and wanted to solicit the opinions of current developers.
Background and description of the Linux kernel's list implementation:
In the kernel, it is critical to operation that memory never leaks, and
memory allocations overall are kept to a minimum. To aid in that goal,
Linus Torvalds came up with an alternate linked list implementation --
one that you embed inside each object. Not a new idea, but Linus helped
popularize it, and added a few changes to the popular implementation.
Once your 'prev' and 'next' pointers are embedded within your object,
you are guaranteed several useful attributes, as compared to GList:
* List pointer lifetime and object lifetime are guaranteed to be the
same (no separate allocations, or keeping around node free lists, no
need for additional mutex locks).
* All list operations except traverse are O(1).
* An object's address may be derived directly from the list node's
address, using pointer arithmatic rather than an additional look (memory
load).
* List node pointers and object are stored in the same cacheline(s),
rather than being in separate areas of VM.
Here are some examples...
struct record {
char name[30];
int age;
struct list_head node;
}
static LIST_HEAD(record_list);
Append:
struct record *rec = ...;
list_add_tail(&rec->node, &record_list);
Delete:
list_del(&rec->node);
Iterate over list:
struct record *tmp;
list_for_each_entry(tmp, &record_list, node) {
printf("name %s, age %d\n",
tmp->name, tmp->age);
}
Plenty of other possibilities, see the attached header file for the full
(yes, really) implementation.
Thanks,
Jeff
#ifndef _LINUX_LIST_H
#define _LINUX_LIST_H
/*
* Simple doubly linked list implementation.
*
* Some of the internal functions ("__xxx") are useful when
* manipulating whole lists rather than single entries, as
* sometimes we already know the next/prev entries and we can
* generate better code by using them directly rather than
* using the generic single-entry routines.
*/
struct list_head {
struct list_head *next, *prev;
};
#define LIST_HEAD_INIT(name) { &(name), &(name) }
#define LIST_HEAD(name) \
struct list_head name = LIST_HEAD_INIT(name)
#define INIT_LIST_HEAD(ptr) do { \
(ptr)->next = (ptr); (ptr)->prev = (ptr); \
} while (0)
/*
* Insert a new entry between two known consecutive entries.
*
* This is only for internal list manipulation where we know
* the prev/next entries already!
*/
static inline void __list_add(struct list_head *new,
struct list_head *prev,
struct list_head *next)
{
next->prev = new;
new->next = next;
new->prev = prev;
prev->next = new;
}
/**
* list_add - add a new entry
* @new: new entry to be added
* @head: list head to add it after
*
* Insert a new entry after the specified head.
* This is good for implementing stacks.
*/
static inline void list_add(struct list_head *new, struct list_head *head)
{
__list_add(new, head, head->next);
}
/**
* list_add_tail - add a new entry
* @new: new entry to be added
* @head: list head to add it before
*
* Insert a new entry before the specified head.
* This is useful for implementing queues.
*/
static inline void list_add_tail(struct list_head *new, struct list_head *head)
{
__list_add(new, head->prev, head);
}
/*
* Delete a list entry by making the prev/next entries
* point to each other.
*
* This is only for internal list manipulation where we know
* the prev/next entries already!
*/
static inline void __list_del(struct list_head *prev, struct list_head *next)
{
next->prev = prev;
prev->next = next;
}
/**
* list_del - deletes entry from list.
* @entry: the element to delete from the list.
* Note: list_empty on entry does not return true after this, the entry is in
an undefined state.
*/
static inline void list_del(struct list_head *entry)
{
__list_del(entry->prev, entry->next);
entry->next = (void *) 0;
entry->prev = (void *) 0;
}
/**
* list_del_init - deletes entry from list and reinitialize it.
* @entry: the element to delete from the list.
*/
static inline void list_del_init(struct list_head *entry)
{
__list_del(entry->prev, entry->next);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(entry);
}
/**
* list_move - delete from one list and add as another's head
* @list: the entry to move
* @head: the head that will precede our entry
*/
static inline void list_move(struct list_head *list, struct list_head *head)
{
__list_del(list->prev, list->next);
list_add(list, head);
}
/**
* list_move_tail - delete from one list and add as another's tail
* @list: the entry to move
* @head: the head that will follow our entry
*/
static inline void list_move_tail(struct list_head *list,
struct list_head *head)
{
__list_del(list->prev, list->next);
list_add_tail(list, head);
}
/**
* list_empty - tests whether a list is empty
* @head: the list to test.
*/
static inline int list_empty(struct list_head *head)
{
return head->next == head;
}
static inline void __list_splice(struct list_head *list,
struct list_head *head)
{
struct list_head *first = list->next;
struct list_head *last = list->prev;
struct list_head *at = head->next;
first->prev = head;
head->next = first;
last->next = at;
at->prev = last;
}
/**
* list_splice - join two lists
* @list: the new list to add.
* @head: the place to add it in the first list.
*/
static inline void list_splice(struct list_head *list, struct list_head *head)
{
if (!list_empty(list))
__list_splice(list, head);
}
/**
* list_splice_init - join two lists and reinitialise the emptied list.
* @list: the new list to add.
* @head: the place to add it in the first list.
*
* The list at @list is reinitialised
*/
static inline void list_splice_init(struct list_head *list,
struct list_head *head)
{
if (!list_empty(list)) {
__list_splice(list, head);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(list);
}
}
/**
* list_entry - get the struct for this entry
* @ptr: the &struct list_head pointer.
* @type: the type of the struct this is embedded in.
* @member: the name of the list_struct within the struct.
*/
#define list_entry(ptr, type, member) \
((type *)((char *)(ptr)-(unsigned long)(&((type *)0)->member)))
/**
* list_for_each - iterate over a list
* @pos: the &struct list_head to use as a loop counter.
* @head: the head for your list.
*/
#define list_for_each(pos, head) \
for (pos = (head)->next, prefetch(pos->next); pos != (head); \
pos = pos->next, prefetch(pos->next))
/**
* list_for_each_prev - iterate over a list backwards
* @pos: the &struct list_head to use as a loop counter.
* @head: the head for your list.
*/
#define list_for_each_prev(pos, head) \
for (pos = (head)->prev, prefetch(pos->prev); pos != (head); \
pos = pos->prev, prefetch(pos->prev))
/**
* 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.
* @n: another &struct list_head to use as temporary storage
* @head: the head for your list.
*/
#define list_for_each_safe(pos, n, head) \
for (pos = (head)->next, n = pos->next; pos != (head); \
pos = n, n = pos->next)
/**
* list_for_each_entry - iterate over list of given type
* @pos: the type * to use as a loop counter.
* @head: the head for your 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), \
prefetch(pos->member.next); \
&pos->member != (head); \
pos = list_entry(pos->member.next, typeof(*pos), member), \
prefetch(pos->member.next))
/**
* 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.
* @n: another type * to use as temporary storage
* @head: the head for your 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); \
&pos->member != (head); \
pos = n, n = list_entry(n->member.next, typeof(*n), member))
/**
* list_for_each_entry_continue - iterate over list of given type
* continuing after existing point
* @pos: the type * to use as a loop counter.
* @head: the head for your list.
* @member: the name of the list_struct within the struct.
*/
#define list_for_each_entry_continue(pos, head, member) \
for (pos = list_entry(pos->member.next, typeof(*pos), member), \
prefetch(pos->member.next); \
&pos->member != (head); \
pos = list_entry(pos->member.next, typeof(*pos), member), \
prefetch(pos->member.next))
#endif
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