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diff --git a/include/list.h b/include/list.h
index 5933b973d..7825dce52 100644
--- a/include/list.h
+++ b/include/list.h
@@ -278,4 +278,164 @@ list_is_empty(struct list *head)
&pos->member != (head); \
pos = tmp, tmp = __container_of(pos->member.next, tmp, member))
+
+
+/* NULL-Terminated List Interface
+ *
+ * The interface below does _not_ use the struct list as described above.
+ * It is mainly for legacy structures that cannot easily be switched to
+ * struct list.
+ *
+ * This interface is for structs like
+ * struct foo {
+ * [...]
+ * struct foo *next;
+ * [...]
+ * };
+ *
+ * The position and field name of "next" are arbitrary.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Init the element as null-terminated list.
+ *
+ * Example:
+ * struct foo *list = malloc();
+ * nt_list_init(list, next);
+ *
+ * @param list The list element that will be the start of the list
+ * @param member Member name of the field pointing to next struct
+ */
+#define nt_list_init(_list, _member) \
+ (_list)->_member = NULL
+
+/**
+ * Returns the next element in the list or NULL on termination.
+ *
+ * Example:
+ * struct foo *element = list;
+ * while ((element = nt_list_next(element, next)) { }
+ *
+ * This macro is not safe for node deletion. Use list_for_each_entry_safe
+ * instead.
+ *
+ * @param list The list or current element.
+ * @param member Member name of the field pointing to next struct.
+ */
+#define nt_list_next(_list, _member) \
+ (_list)->_member
+
+/**
+ * Iterate through each element in the list.
+ *
+ * Example:
+ * struct foo *iterator;
+ * nt_list_for_each_entry(iterator, list, next) {
+ * [modify iterator]
+ * }
+ *
+ * @param entry Assigned to the current list element
+ * @param list The list to iterate through.
+ * @param member Member name of the field pointing to next struct.
+ */
+#define nt_list_for_each_entry(_entry, _list, _member) \
+ for (_entry = _list; _entry; _entry = (_entry)->_member)
+
+/**
+ * Iterate through each element in the list, keeping a backup pointer to the
+ * element. This macro allows for the deletion of a list element while
+ * looping through the list.
+ *
+ * See nt_list_for_each_entry for more details.
+ *
+ * @param entry Assigned to the current list element
+ * @param tmp The pointer to the next element
+ * @param list The list to iterate through.
+ * @param member Member name of the field pointing to next struct.
+ */
+#define nt_list_for_each_entry_safe(_entry, _tmp, _list, _member) \
+ for (_entry = _list, _tmp = (_entry) ? (_entry)->_member : NULL;\
+ _entry; \
+ _entry = _tmp, _tmp = (_tmp) ? (_tmp)->_member: NULL)
+
+
+/**
+ * Append the element to the end of the list. This macro may be used to
+ * merge two lists.
+ *
+ * Example:
+ * struct foo *elem = malloc(...);
+ * nt_list_init(elem, next)
+ * nt_list_append(elem, list, struct foo, next);
+ *
+ * Resulting list order:
+ * list_item_0 -> list_item_1 -> ... -> elem_item_0 -> elem_item_1 ...
+ *
+ * @param entry An entry (or list) to append to the list
+ * @param list The list to append to. This list must be a valid list, not
+ * NULL.
+ * @param type The list type
+ * @param member Member name of the field pointing to next struct
+ */
+#define nt_list_append(_entry, _list, _type, _member) \
+ do { \
+ _type *__iterator = _list; \
+ while (__iterator->_member) { __iterator = __iterator->_member;}\
+ __iterator->_member = _entry; \
+ } while (0)
+
+/**
+ * Insert the element at the next position in the list. This macro may be
+ * used to insert a list into a list.
+ *
+ * struct foo *elem = malloc(...);
+ * nt_list_init(elem, next)
+ * nt_list_insert(elem, list, struct foo, next);
+ *
+ * Resulting list order:
+ * list_item_0 -> elem_item_0 -> elem_item_1 ... -> list_item_1 -> ...
+ *
+ * @param entry An entry (or list) to append to the list
+ * @param list The list to insert to. This list must be a valid list, not
+ * NULL.
+ * @param type The list type
+ * @param member Member name of the field pointing to next struct
+ */
+#define nt_list_insert(_entry, _list, _type, _member) \
+ do { \
+ nt_list_append((_list)->_member, _entry, _type, _member); \
+ (_list)->_member = _entry; \
+ } while (0)
+
+/**
+ * Delete the entry from the list by iterating through the list and
+ * removing any reference from the list to the entry.
+ *
+ * Example:
+ * struct foo *elem = <assign to right element>
+ * nt_list_del(elem, list, struct foo, next);
+ *
+ * @param entry The entry to delete from the list. entry is always
+ * re-initialized as a null-terminated list.
+ * @param list The list containing the entry, set to the new list without
+ * the removed entry.
+ * @param type The list type
+ * @param member Member name of the field pointing to the next entry
+ */
+#define nt_list_del(_entry, _list, _type, _member) \
+ do { \
+ _type *__e = _entry; \
+ if (__e == NULL) break; \
+ if ((_list) == __e) { \
+ _list = __e->_member; \
+ } else { \
+ _type *__prev = _list; \
+ while (__prev->_member && __prev->_member != __e) \
+ __prev = nt_list_next(__prev, _member); \
+ if (__prev->_member) \
+ __prev->_member = __e->_member; \
+ } \
+ nt_list_init(__e, _member); \
+ } while(0)
+
#endif