init_llist_node(9)

💅 init_llist_node — Kernel API Manual

okay so bestie, welcome to the <rainbow>Kernel API Manual</rainbow> ✨ this one's a tiny little function and honestly? she's iconic for how simple she is 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

init_llist_node — initialize lock-less list node 🦋

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void init_llist_node (struct llist_node *node );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• node — the node to be initialised 💫 (yes queen, this is the one you're setting up)

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so here's the situation 👀 sometimes you gotta test whether a node is on a list or not — like, vibe check the node, is she on a list or is she free? 🕵️‍♀️

That's exactly where this comes in: init_llist_node initialises the node so it's clearly not on any list 💅 no ambiguity, no "hmm maybe", just a clean slate. It's giving main character energy for your node's fresh start 🌈

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./include/linux/llist.h — go read the source, iykyk 📖

• init_llist_head(9)
• llist_on_list(9)
• llist_entry(9)
• member_address_is_nonnull(9)
• llist_for_each(9)
• llist_for_each_safe(9)
• llist_for_each_entry(9)
• llist_for_each_entry_safe(9)
• llist_empty(9)
• llist_add_batch(9)
• llist_add(9)
• llist_del_all(9)
• llist_del_first_init(9)

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🫶 and that's the whole page, bestie! this gem lives in ./include/linux, and this particular copy is dated October 2026 💜 slay, go forth and initialise responsibly ✨🧚‍♀️