LIST_HEAD(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🌸 LIST_HEAD(9) 🌸 the Kernel API Manual page, bestie

okay so picture this: you're deep in kernel land, you need a linked list node, and you want it already initialized at declaration time. That's the whole gig. This little macro is the definition of a &struct list_head with initialization values baked right in. no cap, it's that simple. ✨

✨ NAME ✨

LIST_HEAD — the definition of a &struct list_head with initialization values, i.e. it's giving "born ready" energy. 🎀

💅 SYNOPSIS 💅

LIST_HEAD (name );

like yes that's the whole thing, she's lowkey minimal. 🦋

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

  • name — bestie, this is just the name of the list_head. that's it. that's the argument. name her something cute. 💖

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

okay this is the part where the page goes FULL main-character and shouts out literally the entire list family. every single one, no skips, iykyk. 👑

the header file where all this lives: Kernel file ./include/linux/list.h

the list girlies:

the entry / iteration squad:

and the hlist cousins, we don't forget family:

ngl bestie this page is short but she's iconic — it's one macro, one argument, and a whole extended family in SEE ALSO. periodt. 💀✨

and that's the tea 🍓 — this one comes from ./include/linux, dated October 2026, straight out of the Kernel API Manual. mwah, go forth and initialize your lists 💜🧚‍♀️🎀

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