list_empty(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 list_empty(9) — the Kernel API Manual glow-up ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to list_empty, page 9 of the Kernel API Manual. Yes, the whole manual name goes in here because we're being proper for like two seconds. 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

list_empty — the little function that tests whether a list is empty 🫶

⭐ SYNOPSIS ⭐

int list_empty (const struct list_head *head );

that's it. that's the whole signature. no cap, it's giving minimalism 💅

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • head — the list to test 💖 literally just hand it the list and it'll do the vibe check for you. it's a const struct list_head *, so it's not out here mutating anything, she's just looking 👀✨

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

okay so this is the part where the manpage flexes its entire friend group and honestly? iconic. the whole squad lives in the kernel file ./tools/include/linux/list.h — go say hi to all of them 🧚🌸

like, forty-four whole entries. she knows everyone. main character energy fr fr 👑💀

💜 reminder bestie: this page tells you what list_empty is and what to pass it. the manpage keeps it cute and short — it does not spell out the return-value convention here, so don't go inventing one. check the source in ./tools/include/linux/list.h if you need the deets. iykyk 💅

🌸 that's the whole page! brought to you by source/version ./tools/include/linux, dated October 2026, and stamped list_empty(9) — slay, go check your lists, mwah 🎀✨🦋

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