1 files changed, 28 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/llist.c b/lib/llist.c
index 6e668fa5a2c6..f21d0cfbbaaa 100644
--- a/lib/llist.c
+++ b/lib/llist.c
@@ -66,6 +66,34 @@ struct llist_node *llist_del_first(struct llist_head *head)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(llist_del_first);
 
 /**
+ * llist_del_first_this - delete given entry of lock-less list if it is first
+ * @head:	the head for your lock-less list
+ * @this:	a list entry.
+ *
+ * If head of the list is given entry, delete and return %true else
+ * return %false.
+ *
+ * Multiple callers can safely call this concurrently with multiple
+ * llist_add() callers, providing all the callers offer a different @this.
+ */
+bool llist_del_first_this(struct llist_head *head,
+			  struct llist_node *this)
+{
+	struct llist_node *entry, *next;
+
+	/* acquire ensures orderig wrt try_cmpxchg() is llist_del_first() */
+	entry = smp_load_acquire(&head->first);
+	do {
+		if (entry != this)
+			return false;
+		next = READ_ONCE(entry->next);
+	} while (!try_cmpxchg(&head->first, &entry, next));
+
+	return true;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(llist_del_first_this);
+
+/**
  * llist_reverse_order - reverse order of a llist chain
  * @head:	first item of the list to be reversed
  *