Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751399AbWESRZA (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 May 2006 13:25:00 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751404AbWESRZA (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 May 2006 13:25:00 -0400 Received: from xenotime.net ([66.160.160.81]:63879 "HELO xenotime.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751399AbWESRY7 (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 May 2006 13:24:59 -0400 Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 10:27:25 -0700 From: "Randy.Dunlap" To: "Scott Preece" Cc: akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] list.h doc: change "counter" to "control" Message-Id: <20060519102725.664c62d3.rdunlap@xenotime.net> In-Reply-To: <7b69d1470605191010o37b5aafeud18263214519456a@mail.gmail.com> References: <20060518105400.2aac9f44.rdunlap@xenotime.net> <7b69d1470605190837o44f2c0f5o4aa9faa421dfb3f7@mail.gmail.com> <20060519090236.ef9b5c81.rdunlap@xenotime.net> <20060519090500.6a3958dd.akpm@osdl.org> <7b69d1470605191010o37b5aafeud18263214519456a@mail.gmail.com> Organization: YPO4 X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.4 (GTK+ 2.8.3; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 8751 Lines: 229 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 wrote: > > > > "cursor" OK, here's a patch to replace the other one. From: Randy Dunlap 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 --- 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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