hlist_del_init(9)

💅 hlist_del_init — Kernel API Manual, section 9 🎀

okay bestie, so you've got this node chillin' in an hlist and you need it gone — but also ✨reset✨ for its next era. that's this one. no cap.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

hlist_del_init — Delete the specified hlist_node from its list and initialize

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⭐ SYNOPSIS ⭐

void hlist_del_init (struct hlist_node *n );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• n — Node to delete. that's the one getting yeeted, iykyk 💅

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so it does the delete and the init in one go, main character energy 💫

heads up bestie: Note that this function leaves the node in unhashed state. 🫶 literally important, don't forget it.

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./scripts/include/list.h and the whole friend group:

• container_of(9)
• INIT_LIST_HEAD(9)
• list_add(9)
• list_add_tail(9)
• list_del(9)
• list_replace(9)
• list_replace_init(9)
• list_move(9)
• list_move_tail(9)
• list_is_first(9)
• list_is_last(9)
• list_is_head(9)
• list_empty(9)
• list_entry(9)
• list_first_entry(9)
• list_last_entry(9)
• list_next_entry(9)
• list_prev_entry(9)
• list_entry_is_head(9)
• list_for_each_entry(9)
• list_for_each_entry_reverse(9)
• list_for_each_entry_safe(9)
• hlist_unhashed(9)
• hlist_del(9)
• hlist_add_head(9)
• hlist_for_each_entry(9)
• hlist_for_each_entry_safe(9)

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okay that's the whole page, mwah 💋 — this icon lives in ./scripts/include, and the last vibe check was October 2026. slay, go delete responsibly 🧚‍♀️✨