LIST_HEAD_INIT(9)

💖 LIST_HEAD_INIT(9) — kernel API manual, bestie edition 💖

okay so bestie, this is the LIST_HEAD_INIT(9) page, and it's lowkey tiny but iconic. it's literally about making a &struct list_head's links point right back at itself. self-love, but make it kernel ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

LIST_HEAD_INIT — initialize a &struct list_head's links to point to itself 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

LIST_HEAD_INIT (name );

that spacing is exactly how it's written, no edits, no "fixing" it 🫶

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• name — name of the list_head 🌟

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./include/linux/list.h is the home base — go say hi 💖. Then there's the whole linked-list friend group:

• LIST_HEAD(9), LIST_HEAD_GUARDED(9), INIT_LIST_HEAD(9), list_add(9), list_add_tail(9), list_add_tail_release(9)
• list_del(9), list_replace(9), list_replace_init(9), list_swap(9), list_del_init(9), list_move(9)
• list_move_tail(9), list_bulk_move_tail(9), list_is_first(9), list_is_last(9), list_is_head(9), list_empty(9)
• list_del_init_careful(9), list_empty_careful(9), list_rotate_left(9), list_rotate_to_front(9), list_is_singular(9), list_cut_position(9)
• list_cut_before(9), list_splice(9), list_splice_tail(9), list_splice_init(9), list_splice_tail_init(9), list_entry(9)
• list_first_entry(9), list_last_entry(9), list_first_entry_or_null(9), list_first_entry_or_null_acquire(9), list_last_entry_or_null(9), list_next_entry(9)
• list_next_entry_circular(9), list_prev_entry(9), list_prev_entry_circular(9), list_for_each(9), list_for_each_continue(9), list_for_each_prev(9)
• list_for_each_safe(9), list_for_each_prev_safe(9), list_count_nodes(9), list_entry_is_head(9), list_for_each_entry(9), list_for_each_entry_reverse(9)
• list_prepare_entry(9), list_for_each_entry_continue(9), list_for_each_entry_continue_reverse(9), list_for_each_entry_from(9), list_for_each_entry_from_reverse(9), list_for_each_entry_safe(9)
• list_for_each_entry_safe_continue(9), list_for_each_entry_safe_from(9), list_for_each_entry_safe_reverse(9), list_safe_reset_next(9), hlist_unhashed(9), hlist_unhashed_lockless(9)
• hlist_empty(9), hlist_del(9), hlist_del_init(9), hlist_add_head(9), hlist_add_before(9), hlist_add_behind(9)
• hlist_add_fake(9), hlist_fake(9), hlist_is_singular_node(9), hlist_move_list(9), hlist_splice_init(9), hlist_for_each_entry(9)
• hlist_for_each_entry_continue(9), hlist_for_each_entry_from(9), hlist_for_each_entry_safe(9), hlist_count_nodes(9)

okay that's the whole page, bestie — mwah 💋 This one's from ./include/linux, dated October 2026, and it's the LIST_HEAD_INIT(9) manual. byeeee 🫶✨