MINOR: list: make the delete and pop operations idempotent
These operations previously used to return a "locked" element, which is
a constraint when multiple threads try to delete the same element, because
the second one will block indefinitely. Instead, let's make sure that both
LIST_DEL_LOCKED() and LIST_POP_LOCKED() always reinitialize the element
after deleting it. This ensures that the second thread will immediately
unblock and succeed with the removal. It also secures the pop vs delete
competition that may happen when trying to remove an element that's about
to be dequeued.
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