PRIVATE LIST PRIMITIVES(9)

🦋 Private List Primitives(9) 🦋

okay so bestie, this page is from the Kernel API Manual, and it is literally giving “list helpers, but make it private.” 💅 It provides a set of list primitives that are identical in function to the ones in <linux/list.h> — same function energy, no cap — but they are designed for cases where the embedded struct list_head is a private member. That’s the whole vibe. 🫶

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

the cross-refs are all right here, bestie — do not leave them on read 👀💖:

• 📁 Kernel file ./include/linux/list_private.h
• list_private_entry(9)
• list_private_first_entry(9)
• list_private_last_entry(9)
• list_private_next_entry(9)
• list_private_next_entry_circular(9)
• list_private_prev_entry(9)
• list_private_prev_entry_circular(9)
• list_private_entry_is_head(9)
• list_private_for_each_entry(9)
• list_private_for_each_entry_reverse(9)
• list_private_for_each_entry_continue(9)
• list_private_for_each_entry_continue_reverse(9)
• list_private_for_each_entry_from(9)
• list_private_for_each_entry_from_reverse(9)
• list_private_for_each_entry_safe(9)
• list_private_for_each_entry_safe_continue(9)
• list_private_for_each_entry_safe_from(9)
• list_private_for_each_entry_safe_reverse(9)
• list_private_safe_reset_next(9)

kisses and sparkles, bestie — the source/version footer says ./include/linux, and the date is October 2026 🫶🎀✨