hlist_for_e...try_continue(9)

💅 hlist_for_e...try_continue — Kernel API Manual, bestie edition ✨

okay so you found the hlist_for_each_entry_continue page in the Kernel API Manual and you're like "what is this abbreviation soup" — don't worry, I got you 🫶 this whole page lives in the kernel API manual and it's lowkey one of the cutest little loop macros out there. let's go 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

hlist_for_each_entry_continue — iterate over a hlist continuing after the current point, bestie. that's literally the whole vibe 💫

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

hlist_for_each_entry_continue (pos , member );

yes that's the whole thing, no cap. two arguments, iconic behavior 👑

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• pos — the type * to use as a loop cursor. this is your main character variable fr, it's the pointer that's gonna walk the list 💃
• member — the name of the hlist_node within the struct. like the actual field name inside your struct that does the linking 🧵

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

the kernel file ./tools/include/linux/list.h is where all this lives, and there is a lot of sibling content, so here's the whole friend group — not skipping a single one, iykyk 🌈

• list_add(9)
• list_add_tail(9)
• list_replace(9)
• list_del_init(9)
• list_move(9)
• list_move_tail(9)
• list_is_first(9)
• list_is_last(9)
• list_empty(9)
• list_empty_careful(9)
• list_rotate_left(9)
• list_is_singular(9)
• list_cut_position(9)
• list_splice(9)
• list_splice_tail(9)
• list_splice_init(9)
• list_splice_tail_init(9)
• list_entry(9)
• list_first_entry(9)
• list_last_entry(9)
• list_first_entry_or_null(9)
• list_last_entry_or_null(9)
• list_next_entry(9)
• list_prev_entry(9)
• list_for_each(9)
• list_for_each_prev(9)
• list_for_each_safe(9)
• list_for_each_prev_safe(9)
• list_for_each_entry(9)
• list_for_each_entry_reverse(9)
• list_prepare_entry(9)
• list_for_each_entry_continue(9)
• list_for_each_entry_continue_reverse(9)
• list_for_each_entry_from(9)
• list_for_each_entry_safe(9)
• list_for_each_entry_safe_continue(9)
• list_for_each_entry_safe_from(9)
• list_for_each_entry_safe_reverse(9)
• list_safe_reset_next(9)
• hlist_for_each_entry(9)
• hlist_for_each_entry_from(9)
• hlist_for_each_entry_safe(9)
• list_del_range(9)
• list_for_each_from(9)

pro tip from me to you: that's a lot of manpage lookups. pace yourself, hydrate, and don't try to read all 40+ in one sitting 😭💧

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and that's the page!! 🎀 this little beauty ships from ./tools/include/linux, dated October 2026 — so yeah, mark your calendar, it's giving future-fresh ⭐ mwah, go loop something pretty 💖🔥