INIT_LIST_HEAD(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 INIT_LIST_HEAD — okay bestie, let's talk about it

So the manual page you're holding is INIT_LIST_HEAD(9), which lives in the Kernel API Manual section 9 — yes, the kernel section, we're being fancy today. This is the page about making a list_head structure be born. 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void INIT_LIST_HEAD (struct list_head *list );

That's it. That's the whole vibe. No return value, no drama, no exit status — it just does the thing and dips. 💅

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • list — the list_head structure you want to initialize. That's the one, girl. Hand her over. 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Okay so picture this: you've got a list_head, and it's just sitting there with nothing going on. INIT_LIST_HEAD initializes it to point to itself. That's the whole move. Self-love, literally. 🌈

And if that list_head happens to be a list header? Then congrats, you just made an empty list. Main character energy — a list that knows itself before it knows anybody else. 👑

No cap, that's the entire function. One pointer, pointing back at home. Periodt. ✨

Fr fr though: the "points to itself" bit is the important detail, don't gloss over it when you're explaining it to someone else. It's giving circular list foundation and we respect it. 💖

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Grab a snack, because the friend group here is huge — all of these live in the kernel file ./scripts/include/list.h:

That's the whole squad, bestie. The list_* girlies and the hlist_* girls. Iykyk. 💀

🧚 Quick reminder: every one of those names came straight from the original page, so don't come for me if you can't find your fave — she's listed, I promise.

💜 a lil sign-off 💜

This page came from ./scripts/include and it's dated October 2026 — and yeah, the title up in the corner is INIT_LIST_HEAD(9) the whole way through. Slay, icon, ate, no crumbs. 🍓🌸⭐

📦 where this page comes from