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+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
+/* Copyright (C) 2021 by Andreas Fritiofson <andreas.fritiofson@gmail.com> */
+
+/*
+ * Simple example of using a circular doubly linked list through list.h
+ *
+ * gcc -I ../src/ list_example.c -o list_example
+ */
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <helper/list.h>
+
+static LIST_HEAD(threads);
+
+struct thread {
+	int id;
+	uint64_t tcb_address;
+	struct list_head lh;
+};
+
+void insert(struct thread *t)
+{
+	list_add_tail(&t->lh, &threads);
+}
+
+void remove(struct thread *t)
+{
+	list_del(&t->lh);
+}
+
+struct thread *lookup_id(int id)
+{
+	struct thread *t;
+	list_for_each_entry(t, &threads, lh) {
+		if (t->id == id)
+			return t;
+	}
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+struct thread *lookup_tcb(uint64_t addr)
+{
+	struct thread *t;
+	list_for_each_entry(t, &threads, lh) {
+		if (t->tcb_address == addr)
+			return t;
+	}
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+int main(void)
+{
+	struct thread t1 = { .id = 1, .tcb_address = 111111111 };
+	struct thread t2 = { .id = 2, .tcb_address = 222222222 };
+	struct thread t3 = { .id = 3, .tcb_address = 333333333 };
+
+	insert(&t1);
+	insert(&t2);
+	assert(lookup_id(1) == &t1);
+	assert(lookup_tcb(111111111) == &t1);
+	assert(lookup_id(2) == &t2);
+	assert(lookup_id(42) == NULL);
+	remove(&t1);
+	assert(lookup_id(1) == NULL);
+	insert(&t3);
+	remove(&t2);
+	assert(lookup_id(3) == &t3);
+	assert(lookup_tcb(333333333) == &t3);
+	assert(lookup_id(2) == NULL);
+	remove(&t3);
+	assert(list_empty(&threads));
+}