Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/6] qemu/queue.h: leave head structs anonymous unless necessary

[Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>]

On 07/12/18 08:28, Markus Armbruster wrote:
> 
>     $ git-grep 'Q[A-Z]*_HEAD([^,]' | grep -v '#define' | grep -v QTAILQ_HEAD
>     block/qcow2-bitmap.c:typedef QSIMPLEQ_HEAD(Qcow2BitmapList, Qcow2Bitmap) Qcow2BitmapList;
>     include/block/block.h:typedef QSIMPLEQ_HEAD(BlockReopenQueue, BlockReopenQueueEntry) BlockReopenQueue;
>     include/hw/vfio/vfio-common.h:typedef QLIST_HEAD(VFIOGroupList, VFIOGroup) VFIOGroupList;
>     qemu-bridge-helper.c:typedef QSIMPLEQ_HEAD(ACLList, ACLRule) ACLList;
> 
> Are these four names left in intentionally?

Yes, they are the ones which are used in extern global variables or in
function parameters.  If they are static variables or struct fields, on
the other hand, you don't need the typedef.

The same is also true of the handful of QTAILQ head structs that are
typedefed in 3/6.

I'll add this to the commit message.

> If the name is indeed not needed for lists of other kinds, should we
> simplify the macros so their users don't have to supply an empty first
> argument?

No, it's just a coincidence.  For example QTAILQ needs it (patch 3/6).

Paolo