__perf_evli...r_each_entry(9)

💖 __perf_evli...r_each_entry(9) 💖

okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual, bestie 🎀 — yes the title is literally __perf_evli...r_each_entry(9) and yes it's truncated like that, that's just how it's printed, don't come for me. this whole page is about one little loop macro and honestly? she's iconic for it.

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✨ NAME ✨

__perf_evlist__for_each_entry — iterate thru all the evsels 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

__perf_evlist__for_each_entry (list , evsel );

that's the whole vibe. two things go in, the loop does its thing. periodt. ✨

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• list — a list_head instance to iterate 🫶 like, this is the thing you're walking through, the main character of the operation.
• evsel — the struct perf_evsel iterator 🌈 this is the one that gets handed each entry as you go, lowkey carrying the whole loop on her back.

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the kernel file that has all the lore:

• ./tools/lib/perf/include/internal/evlist.h

and her sisters, all of them linked, all of them valid, go read them fr fr:

• __perf_evlist__for_each_entry_reverse(9)
• perf_evlist__for_each_entry_reverse(9)
• __perf_evlist__for_each_entry_safe(9)
• perf_evlist__for_each_entry_safe(9)

💀 real talk: the "safe" ones are a whole separate manpage, don't @ me, just go read them if you need them. iykyk.

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and that's the page, bestie 🌸 mwah 💋 — brought to you straight out of ./tools/lib/perf/include/internal, dated October 2026, same title on the way out as on the way in __perf_evli...r_each_entry(9) 🧚💜 go iterate something cute today, you got this 🫶✨