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Date: Mon, 02 Sep 2002 03:05:53 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: Re: [TRIVIAL PATCH] Remove list_t infection.
From: "David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com>
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   From: Daniel Phillips <phillips@arcor.de>
   Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2002 12:11:53 +0200

   On Monday 02 September 2002 08:20, David S. Miller wrote:
   > The problem is, it isn't a "list", it's a "list header" or "list
   > marker", ie. a list_head.
   
   No it's not, it's nothing more nor less than a list node, identically,
   a list.
   
A list node is markably different from "the list" itself.

A "list" is the whole of all the nodes on the list, not just one
of them.
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