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🎀 __evlist__for_each_entry_safe(9) 🎀

okay bestie, this is the Kernel API Manual page for the safe little loop that helps you iterate thru all the evsels. no cap, the vibes are very “trust the process, but make it safe.” 💅✨

✨ NAME ✨

__evlist__for_each_entry_safe — safely iterate thru all the evsels 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

__evlist__for_each_entry_safe (list , tmp , evsel );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• list — a list_head instance to iterate. literally the list bestie is moving through 💖
• tmp — struct evsel temp iterator. the little temp helper keeping things safe ✨
• evsel — struct evsel iterator. the main iterator doing the actual walking 🎀

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file: ./tools/perf/util/evlist.h

the whole squad, in order:

• __evlist__for_each_entry(9)
• evlist__for_each_entry(9)
• __evlist__for_each_entry_continue(9)
• evlist__for_each_entry_continue(9)
• __evlist__for_each_entry_from(9)
• evlist__for_each_entry_from(9)
• __evlist__for_each_entry_reverse(9)
• evlist__for_each_entry_reverse(9)
• evlist__for_each_entry_safe(9)
• evlist__for_each_cpu(9)

source/version spot: ./tools/perf/util — date stamp: October 2026 💜🫶