kernel:list LIST_HEAD/LIST_HEAD_INIT/INIT_LIST_HEAD

#define LIST_HEAD_INIT(name) { &(name), &(name) }


#define LIST_HEAD(name) \
struct list_head name = LIST_HEAD_INIT(name)


static inline void INIT_LIST_HEAD(struct list_head *list)
{
list->next = list;
list->prev = list;

}

When it is expended, 

LIST_HEAD(name)  comes to be

struct list_head name = {&(name), &(name)}

and since 

struct list_head {

struct list_head *next, *prev;

}

combine these two, we can symetrically get the means

(the same as we manually declare a global variable named *name*,

and call INIT_LIST_HEAD)

{

struct list_head name;

name.prev = &name;

name.next = &name;

}

Obviously, the use of macros is simple and elegant.