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+From: Brian Behlendorf <behlendorf1@llnl.gov>
+Subject: [PATCH] fix-list
+
+Remove all instances of list handling where the API is not used
+and instead list data members are directly accessed.  Doing this
+sort of thing is bad for portability.
+
+Signed-off-by: Brian Behlendorf <behlendorf1@llnl.gov>