The list_replace function appears in v2.6.18-rc1~1081^2~31.

We can provide it inline for older kernels.

commit 54e73770357142e297c916c7865f5fca7499f69c
Author: Oleg Nesterov &lt;oleg@tv-sign.ru&gt;
Date:   Fri Jun 23 02:05:54 2006 -0700

    [PATCH] list: introduce list_replace() helper
    
    list_replace() is similar to list_replace_rcu(), but unlike
    list_replace_rcu() it
    
        could be used when list_empty(old) == 1
    
        doesn't use barriers
    
    Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov &lt;oleg@tv-sign.ru&gt;
    Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@osdl.org&gt;
    Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@osdl.org&gt;