drm/i915: Add fetch_and_zero() macro
A simple little macro to clear a pointer and return the old value. This is useful for writing value = *ptr; if (!value) return; *ptr = 0; ... free(value); in a slightly more concise form: value = fetch_and_zero(ptr); if (!value) return; ... free(value); with the idea that this establishes a pattern that may be extended for atomic use (using xchg or cmpxchg) i.e. atomic_fetch_and_zero() and similar to llist. Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk> Cc: Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen@linux.intel.com> Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch> Reviewed-by: Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen@linux.intel.com> Link: http://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/1471254551-25805-10-git-send-email-chris@chris-wilson.co.uk
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