/* write address into NextDescriptor field of last desc in chain */
        to_ioat_desc(ioat_chan->used_desc.prev)->hw->next =
                                                        first->async_tx.phys;
-       __list_splice(&new_chain, ioat_chan->used_desc.prev);
+       list_splice_tail(&new_chain, &ioat_chan->used_desc);
 
        ioat_chan->dmacount += desc_count;
        ioat_chan->pending += desc_count;
 
 }
 
 static inline void __list_splice(const struct list_head *list,
-                                struct list_head *head)
+                                struct list_head *prev,
+                                struct list_head *next)
 {
        struct list_head *first = list->next;
        struct list_head *last = list->prev;
-       struct list_head *at = head->next;
 
-       first->prev = head;
-       head->next = first;
+       first->prev = prev;
+       prev->next = first;
 
-       last->next = at;
-       at->prev = last;
+       last->next = next;
+       next->prev = last;
 }
 
 /**
- * list_splice - join two lists
+ * list_splice - join two lists, this is designed for stacks
  * @list: the new list to add.
  * @head: the place to add it in the first list.
  */
                                struct list_head *head)
 {
        if (!list_empty(list))
-               __list_splice(list, head);
+               __list_splice(list, head, head->next);
+}
+
+/**
+ * list_splice_tail - join two lists, each list being a queue
+ * @list: the new list to add.
+ * @head: the place to add it in the first list.
+ */
+static inline void list_splice_tail(struct list_head *list,
+                               struct list_head *head)
+{
+       if (!list_empty(list))
+               __list_splice(list, head->prev, head);
 }
 
 /**
                                    struct list_head *head)
 {
        if (!list_empty(list)) {
-               __list_splice(list, head);
+               __list_splice(list, head, head->next);
+               INIT_LIST_HEAD(list);
+       }
+}
+
+/**
+ * list_splice_tail_init - join two lists, each list being a queue, and
+ *     reinitialise the emptied list.
+ * @list: the new list to add.
+ * @head: the place to add it in the first list.
+ *
+ * The list at @list is reinitialised
+ */
+static inline void list_splice_tail_init(struct list_head *list,
+                                        struct list_head *head)
+{
+       if (!list_empty(list)) {
+               __list_splice(list, head->prev, head);
                INIT_LIST_HEAD(list);
        }
 }