list_for_eac...inue_reverse(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 list_for_eac...inue_reverse(9)

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual 💖 this one's a macro with a long name and a whole lot of attitude, and honestly? she's iconic for it.

✨ NAME ✨

list_for_each_entry_continue_reverse — iterate backwards from the given point 🦋

like, you know where you are in the list? cool. now go backwards from there. no cap.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

list_for_each_entry_continue_reverse (pos , head , member );

that's it, that's the whole vibe check ✨ (yes, the spaces are really in there, don't come for me)

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • pos — the type * to use as a loop cursor. she's the main character of this loop, the little pointer that walks the runway 🫶
  • head — the head for your list. every list has one, this is yours 👑
  • member — the name of the list_head within the struct. you gotta tell the macro where the list-ness lives inside your struct, iykyk 💅

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so the whole thing: start to iterate over a list of the given type backwards, continuing after the current position 🌈

that's the whole bit, and she ate. you're already somewhere in the list, and this macro picks it up from there and strolls in the other direction — lowkey the reverse-birthday-party of list_for_each_entry_continue, fr fr 💀

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

🧚 the whole list family reunion, plus where to find her: kernel file ./tools/include/linux/list.h

bestie that's so many siblings, but every single one of them is on the guest list, no cuts 💖

🌸 alright gorgeous, that's the page. this one's brought to you straight out of ./tools/include/linux, stamped October 2026 — go forth and iterate backwards, you absolute legend 💅✨👑

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