Difference between INIT_LIST_HEAD and LIST_HEAD_INIT

[anish singh]

On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 1:37 AM, nawab <nawablinux at gmail.com> wrote:

> hi friends ,
>
> i have a simple doubt when i was looking on linux/list.h
>
> I have seen that   INIT_LIST_HEAD and LIST_HEAD_INIT are performing the
> same functionality,the major difference is
> the argument passed.
>

yes but that is minor difference. Major is that one is a macro and other is
a function.


> When we have to use INIT_LIST_HEAD and LIST_HEAD_INIT??
>

When do you use macro and when do you use function?

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