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diff --git a/include/linux/list.h b/include/linux/list.h
index e7e28afd28f8..5bfda2f91fca 100644
--- a/include/linux/list.h
+++ b/include/linux/list.h
@@ -20,8 +20,16 @@
* using the generic single-entry routines.
*/
+/**
+ * LIST_HEAD_INIT - initialize a &struct list_head's links to point to itself
+ * @name: name of the list_head
+ */
#define LIST_HEAD_INIT(name) { &(name), &(name) }
+/**
+ * LIST_HEAD - definition of a &struct list_head with initialization values
+ * @name: name of the list_head
+ */
#define LIST_HEAD(name) \
struct list_head name = LIST_HEAD_INIT(name)
@@ -637,6 +645,20 @@ static inline void list_splice_tail_init(struct list_head *list,
})
/**
+ * list_last_entry_or_null - get the last element from a list
+ * @ptr: the list head to take the element from.
+ * @type: the type of the struct this is embedded in.
+ * @member: the name of the list_head within the struct.
+ *
+ * Note that if the list is empty, it returns NULL.
+ */
+#define list_last_entry_or_null(ptr, type, member) ({ \
+ struct list_head *head__ = (ptr); \
+ struct list_head *pos__ = READ_ONCE(head__->prev); \
+ pos__ != head__ ? list_entry(pos__, type, member) : NULL; \
+})
+
+/**
* list_next_entry - get the next element in list
* @pos: the type * to cursor
* @member: the name of the list_head within the struct.