list_entry(9)

💖 list_entry(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — yes, we're doing kernel stuff today, and yes you're gonna slay it. this page is all about list_entry, and honestly? it's giving "glow-up for a pointer." let's get into it ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

list_entry — get the struct for this entry 🫶

like, you have a struct list_head and you wanna know which bigger struct it's cozy inside of? that's the whole vibe. main character energy fr.

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

list_entry (ptr , type , member );

no cap, that's the whole thing. three args, one iconic little macro 💅

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• ptr — the struct list_head pointer. this is your starting point, your little anchor in the list, the pointer you already have 💫
• type — the type of the struct this is embedded in. as in, what's the bigger struct called — the one your list_head is living inside 🏠
• member — the name of the list_head within the struct. the actual field name, so the macro knows where to look 🎯

and that's it! three things, all named, all necessary. don't skip any of them, bestie, it will not go well 😭

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./tools/usb/usbip/libsrc/list.h
• list_add(9)
• list_del(9)
• list_for_each(9)
• list_for_each_safe(9)
• container_of(9)

the whole linked-list friend group honestly 🔥 container_of(9) is literally the sibling of this one, iykyk.

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lowkey reminder: all the real details live above, and the macro is list_entry (ptr , type , member ); — keep the args in that order, periodt 💀

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and that's the page!! mwah 💋 this beauty comes from ./tools/usb/usbip/libsrc, version dated October 2026, and it's filed under list_entry(9) — go forth and get that struct, queen 👑🍓