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Date:      Thu, 22 May 2008 19:14:25 +0200
From:      Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg@britannica.bec.de>
To:        cvs-src@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/share/man/man3 Makefile queue.3 src/sys/sys queue.h
Message-ID:  <20080522171425.GA18366@britannica.bec.de>
In-Reply-To: <4835A619.3010502@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <200805221440.m4MEe32W039559@repoman.freebsd.org> <4835A619.3010502@FreeBSD.org>

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On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 09:58:01AM -0700, Maxim Sobolev wrote:
> Ed Schouten wrote:
>>   The OpenBSD version of SLIST_REMOVE_NEXT() needs a reference to the list
>>   head, even though it is unused. 
>
> I don't think it's necessary. sys/queue.h API is not supposed to be 
> portable across different operating systems. The need to pass list head 
> around may impede macro usefulness.

Having the list head makes it easier to assert list sanity for
debugging though.

Joerg



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