list_for_each_entry_from(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 NAME 💅

list_for_each_entry_from — bestie, this is the one that iterates over a list of a given type from the current point ✨ not from the start, from wherever you already are, and that's the whole vibe 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

list_for_each_entry_from (pos , head , member );

That's it, that's the whole call, no cap 💖

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • pos — the type * to use as a loop cursor. yes it's your little pointer bestie that walks the list for you 👑
  • head — the head for your list. the main character of the whole structure fr fr 🌈
  • member — the name of the list_head within the struct. gotta tell it which field is the list glue 🧚

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Okay so picture this: you've got a list of a given type, you're already standing somewhere in the middle of it, and you do not want to start over from the beginning like some kind of rookie 😭

list_for_each_entry_from iterates over that list of given type, continuing from current position. that's the whole thing, that's the slay 💅

lowkey the important part is continuing — it picks up right where you are instead of rewinding. iykyk 🦋

🌸 SEE ALSO 🌸

Kernel file ./tools/include/linux/list.h — and honestly the whole friend group is here, go say hi 💖

and that's the page bestie!! 💜 this one dropped in October 2026, lives under the source path ./tools/include/linux, and it's part of the Kernel API Manual — the manual page is literally called list_for_each_entry_from(9) in case you forgot already 🙈 go forth and iterate from wherever you're standing, periodt 🎀🔥

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