klist_add_tail(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 klist_add_tail — the klist (9) glow-up, bestie edition

okay so real talk, this one's from the Kernel API Manual, and it's genuinely so simple it's iconic. No cap, no drama, just one little function doing one little job. Let's get into it ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

klist_add_tail — Initialize a klist_node and add it to back.

that's it. that's the whole vibe. you make the node all fresh and ready, then you tuck it at the back of the list. main character entrance, but from the rear door 🚪✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void klist_add_tail (struct klist_node *n , struct klist *k );

look at her. void return, so she gives you nothing back — she just does the thing and dips. lowkey respect 💅

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • n — the node we're adding. this is your little guy, your blorbo, the struct klist_node * that's about to get a whole new home at the back of the line 🫶
  • k — the klist it's going on. this is the actual list, the venue, the party our node is showing up to 🎉

so like… node goes in list. at the tail. that's the whole plot. chef's kiss 🔥

heads up bestie: both of these are pointers, and neither one gets checked for you in this description — so make sure they're real before you go handing them over, okay? 💀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole friend group, fr fr — and yeah, the kernel file itself is right there too:

Kernel file ./lib/klist.c with all her siblings:

like literally the entire klist cinematic universe, go read them all, iykyk 👑

and that's the page, diva 💜 sourced straight from ./lib, stamped October 2026, and signed off as klist_add_tail(9) — because even kernel docs need a little branding, periodt 🎀✨

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