evlist__for_...ntry_reverse(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 evlist__for_...ntry_reverse(9) — bestie's guide to the reverse iterator ✨

okay so this one is a real one: evlist__for_each_entry_reverse from the Kernel API Manual, section 9, and it's literally the reverse-order version of the evsel loop. the way that this macro just goes backwards through your list? iconic. 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

evlist__for_each_entry_reverse — iterate thru all the evsels in reverse order 🎀

like, every single evsel in the evlist, but you're walking it backwards. it's giving main character energy but in reverse. no cap. 🔥

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

evlist__for_each_entry_reverse (evlist , evsel );

yep that's the whole vibe. evlist and evsel, that's it, that's the group chat. 💖

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

  • evlist — the evlist instance you wanna iterate. this is the thing you're looping over, bestie. your list. your whole situation. 🌈
  • evsel — a struct evsel iterator. this is the lil' variable that holds each entry as you go, one at a time, in reverse. it's the main character of every loop pass. 👑

ngl if you forget what evsel is you're gonna have a bad time, so keep it lined up with the macro, fr fr. 😭

💀 SEE ALSO 💀

the kernel file lives at ./tools/perf/util/evlist.h (yes, that's the one, go look, iykyk 👀) and it's got the whole family of these macros. bestie, there are so many siblings, and honestly they all slay in their own way:

go read them all, seriously, they ate. 💅

lowkey remember: they're all manpage section 9 (kernel API), so don't go looking in section 1 unless you want to be confused and crying in the terminal. 🙈

and that's the page!! 🎀 this one's from the Kernel API Manual, sourced out of ./tools/perf/util, and it's dated October 2026 — so like, future vibes, but the manual is right now. mwah. 💜🧚⭐

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