list: list_del_from()

Deletion from a specific list.

ccan/list/list.h

 #ifndef CCAN_LIST_H
 #define CCAN_LIST_H
 #include <stdbool.h>
+#include <assert.h>
 #include <ccan/container_of/container_of.h>
 
 /**
@@ -164,9 +165,30 @@ static inline void list_add_tail(struct list_head *h, struct list_node *n)
 }
 
 /**
- * list_del - delete an entry from a linked list.
+ * list_empty - is a list empty?
+ * @h: the list_head
+ *
+ * If the list is empty, returns true.
+ *
+ * Example:
+ *	assert(list_empty(&parent->children) == (parent->num_children == 0));
+ */
+static inline bool list_empty(const struct list_head *h)
+{
+	(void)list_debug(h);
+	return h->n.next == &h->n;
+}
+
+/**
+ * list_del - delete an entry from an (unknown) linked list.
  * @n: the list_node to delete from the list.
  *
+ * Note that this leaves @n in an undefined state; it can be added to
+ * another list, but not deleted again.
+ *
+ * See also:
+ *	list_del_from()
+ *
  * Example:
  *	list_del(&child->list);
  *	parent->num_children--;
@@ -183,18 +205,33 @@ static inline void list_del(struct list_node *n)
 }
 
 /**
- * list_empty - is a list empty?
- * @h: the list_head
+ * list_del_from - delete an entry from a known linked list.
+ * @h: the list_head the node is in.
+ * @n: the list_node to delete from the list.
  *
- * If the list is empty, returns true.
+ * This explicitly indicates which list a node is expected to be in,
+ * which is better documentation and can catch more bugs.
+ *
+ * See also: list_del()
  *
  * Example:
- *	assert(list_empty(&parent->children) == (parent->num_children == 0));
+ *	list_del_from(&parent->children, &child->list);
+ *	parent->num_children--;
  */
-static inline bool list_empty(const struct list_head *h)
+static inline void list_del_from(struct list_head *h, struct list_node *n)
 {
-	(void)list_debug(h);
-	return h->n.next == &h->n;
+#ifdef CCAN_LIST_DEBUG
+	{
+		/* Thorough check: make sure it was in list! */
+		struct list_node *i;
+		for (i = h->n.next; i != n; i = i->next)
+			assert(i != &h->n);
+	}
+#endif /* CCAN_LIST_DEBUG */
+
+	/* Quick test that catches a surprising number of bugs. */
+	assert(!list_empty(h));
+	list_del(n);
 }
 
 /**

ccan/list/test/run-with-debug.c

@@ -102,21 +102,23 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	}
 	ok1(i == 3);
 
-	/* Test list_for_each_safe and list_del. */
+	/* Test list_for_each_safe, list_del and list_del_from. */
 	i = 0;
 	list_for_each_safe(&parent.children, c, n, list) {
 		switch (i++) {
 		case 0:
-			ok1(c == &c1);
+			ok1(c == &c1);	
+			list_del(&c->list);
 			break;
 		case 1:
 			ok1(c == &c2);
+			list_del_from(&parent.children, &c->list);
 			break;
 		case 2:
 			ok1(c == &c3);
+			list_del_from(&parent.children, &c->list);
 			break;
 		}
-		list_del(&c->list);
 		ok1(list_check(&parent.children, NULL));
 		if (i > 2)
 			break;

ccan/list/test/run.c

@@ -101,21 +101,23 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	}
 	ok1(i == 3);
 
-	/* Test list_for_each_safe and list_del. */
+	/* Test list_for_each_safe, list_del and list_del_from. */
 	i = 0;
 	list_for_each_safe(&parent.children, c, n, list) {
 		switch (i++) {
 		case 0:
-			ok1(c == &c1);
+			ok1(c == &c1);	
+			list_del(&c->list);
 			break;
 		case 1:
 			ok1(c == &c2);
+			list_del_from(&parent.children, &c->list);
 			break;
 		case 2:
 			ok1(c == &c3);
+			list_del_from(&parent.children, &c->list);
 			break;
 		}
-		list_del(&c->list);
 		ok1(list_check(&parent.children, NULL));
 		if (i > 2)
 			break;