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    net: introduce skb_list_walk_safe for skb segment walking · dcfea72e
    Jason A. Donenfeld authored
    As part of the continual effort to remove direct usage of skb->next and
    skb->prev, this patch adds a helper for iterating through the
    singly-linked variant of skb lists, which are used for lists of GSO
    packet. The name "skb_list_..." has been chosen to match the existing
    function, "kfree_skb_list, which also operates on these singly-linked
    lists, and the "..._walk_safe" part is the same idiom as elsewhere in
    the kernel.
    
    This patch removes the helper from wireguard and puts it into
    linux/skbuff.h, while making it a bit more robust for general usage. In
    particular, parenthesis are added around the macro argument usage, and it
    now accounts for trying to iterate through an already-null skb pointer,
    which will simply run the iteration zero times. This latter enhancement
    means it can be used to replace both do { ... } while and while (...)
    open-coded idioms.
    
    This should take care of these three possible usages, which match all
    current methods of iterations.
    
    skb_list_walk_safe(segs, skb, next) { ... }
    skb_list_walk_safe(skb, skb, next) { ... }
    skb_list_walk_safe(segs, skb, segs) { ... }
    
    Gcc appears to generate efficient code for each of these.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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