[PATCH] list_del_all

[John Tyner]

--- include/linux/list.h.orig	Mon Apr  8 13:10:55 2002
+++ include/linux/list.h	Mon Apr  8 13:22:48 2002
@@ -170,7 +170,23 @@
 #define list_for_each_prev(pos, head) \
 	for (pos = (head)->prev, prefetch(pos->prev); pos != (head); \
         	pos = pos->prev, prefetch(pos->prev))
-
+
+/**
+ * list_del_all -               delete all entries in list and call func for each entry
+ * @head:       the head for your list
+ * @func:       callback that should be called for each entry
+ * @type:       the type of the struct this is embedded in
+ * @member:     the name of the list_struct within the struct
+ */
+#define list_del_all( head, func, type, member )                        \
+        do {                                                            \
+                struct list_head *curr, *next;                          \
+                list_for_each_safe( curr, next, head ) {                \
+                        type *var = list_entry( curr, type, member );   \
+                        list_del( curr );                               \
+                        func( var );                                    \
+                }                                                       \
+        } while ( 0 )

 #endif /* __KERNEL__ || _LVM_H_INCLUDE */