-/*
- * Some of the internal functions ("__xxx") are useful when
- * manipulating whole lists rather than single entries, as
- * sometimes we already know the next/prev entries and we can
- * generate better code by using them directly rather than
- * using the generic single-entry routines.
- */
-
-
-/*
- * Insert a new entry between two known consecutive entries.
- *
- * This is only for internal list manipulation where we know
- * the prev/next entries already!
- */
-static inline void __list_add(struct list_head *new,
- struct list_head *prev,
- struct list_head *next)
+/** This must be called before using any other list functions. */
+static inline void init_list_head(struct list_head *head)