diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index c1aba75577bd..fc9b71cacad5 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 889ff0150661512d79484219612b7e2e024b6c07
+refs/heads/master: 5908cdc85eb30f8d07f2cb11d4a62334d7229048
diff --git a/trunk/include/linux/list.h b/trunk/include/linux/list.h
index 969f6e92d089..5d9c6558e8ab 100644
--- a/trunk/include/linux/list.h
+++ b/trunk/include/linux/list.h
@@ -205,6 +205,20 @@ static inline int list_empty_careful(const struct list_head *head)
 	return (next == head) && (next == head->prev);
 }
 
+/**
+ * list_rotate_left - rotate the list to the left
+ * @head: the head of the list
+ */
+static inline void list_rotate_left(struct list_head *head)
+{
+	struct list_head *first;
+
+	if (!list_empty(head)) {
+		first = head->next;
+		list_move_tail(first, head);
+	}
+}
+
 /**
  * list_is_singular - tests whether a list has just one entry.
  * @head: the list to test.