}
 
 void global_flush_tlb(void)
-{ 
-       LIST_HEAD(l);
+{
+       struct list_head l;
        struct page *pg, *next;
 
        BUG_ON(irqs_disabled());
 
        spin_lock_irq(&cpa_lock);
-       list_splice_init(&df_list, &l);
+       list_replace_init(&df_list, &l);
        spin_unlock_irq(&cpa_lock);
        flush_map();
        list_for_each_entry_safe(pg, next, &l, lru)
                __free_page(pg);
-} 
+}
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC
 void kernel_map_pages(struct page *page, int numpages, int enable)
 
  */
 static void blk_done_softirq(struct softirq_action *h)
 {
-       struct list_head *cpu_list;
-       LIST_HEAD(local_list);
+       struct list_head *cpu_list, local_list;
 
        local_irq_disable();
        cpu_list = &__get_cpu_var(blk_cpu_done);
-       list_splice_init(cpu_list, &local_list);
+       list_replace_init(cpu_list, &local_list);
        local_irq_enable();
 
        while (!list_empty(&local_list)) {
 
 static int __aio_run_iocbs(struct kioctx *ctx)
 {
        struct kiocb *iocb;
-       LIST_HEAD(run_list);
+       struct list_head run_list;
 
        assert_spin_locked(&ctx->ctx_lock);
 
-       list_splice_init(&ctx->run_list, &run_list);
+       list_replace_init(&ctx->run_list, &run_list);
        while (!list_empty(&run_list)) {
                iocb = list_entry(run_list.next, struct kiocb,
                        ki_run_list);
 
 
        spin_lock_irq(&base->lock);
        while (time_after_eq(jiffies, base->timer_jiffies)) {
-               struct list_head work_list = LIST_HEAD_INIT(work_list);
+               struct list_head work_list;
                struct list_head *head = &work_list;
                int index = base->timer_jiffies & TVR_MASK;
- 
+
                /*
                 * Cascade timers:
                 */
                                (!cascade(base, &base->tv3, INDEX(1))) &&
                                        !cascade(base, &base->tv4, INDEX(2)))
                        cascade(base, &base->tv5, INDEX(3));
-               ++base->timer_jiffies; 
-               list_splice_init(base->tv1.vec + index, &work_list);
+               ++base->timer_jiffies;
+               list_replace_init(base->tv1.vec + index, &work_list);
                while (!list_empty(head)) {
                        void (*fn)(unsigned long);
                        unsigned long data;
 
 static void take_over_work(struct workqueue_struct *wq, unsigned int cpu)
 {
        struct cpu_workqueue_struct *cwq = per_cpu_ptr(wq->cpu_wq, cpu);
-       LIST_HEAD(list);
+       struct list_head list;
        struct work_struct *work;
 
        spin_lock_irq(&cwq->lock);
-       list_splice_init(&cwq->worklist, &list);
+       list_replace_init(&cwq->worklist, &list);
 
        while (!list_empty(&list)) {
                printk("Taking work for %s\n", wq->name);
 
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(net_todo_run_mutex);
 void netdev_run_todo(void)
 {
-       struct list_head list = LIST_HEAD_INIT(list);
+       struct list_head list;
 
        /* Need to guard against multiple cpu's getting out of order. */
        mutex_lock(&net_todo_run_mutex);
 
        /* Snapshot list, allow later requests */
        spin_lock(&net_todo_list_lock);
-       list_splice_init(&net_todo_list, &list);
+       list_replace_init(&net_todo_list, &list);
        spin_unlock(&net_todo_list_lock);
-               
+
        while (!list_empty(&list)) {
                struct net_device *dev
                        = list_entry(list.next, struct net_device, todo_list);
 
 /* Must be called with the rtnl semaphore held */
 void linkwatch_run_queue(void)
 {
-       LIST_HEAD(head);
-       struct list_head *n, *next;
+       struct list_head head, *n, *next;
 
        spin_lock_irq(&lweventlist_lock);
-       list_splice_init(&lweventlist, &head);
+       list_replace_init(&lweventlist, &head);
        spin_unlock_irq(&lweventlist_lock);
 
        list_for_each_safe(n, next, &head) {