list_for_ea...afe_continue(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 list_for_each_entry_safe_continue — NAME ✨

okay so hi bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual 🎀 — this page is literally about list_for_each_entry_safe_continue, which is the "keep the list iteration going, but like, safely" one. No cap.

(yes the page header was out here truncating itself to list_for_ea...afe_continue(9) — she's a little dramatic, we love her anyway 💅)

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

list_for_each_entry_safe_continue (pos , n , head , member );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • pos — the *type ** you're using as your loop cursor. this is your main character ✨
  • n — another *type ** — this one's just holding space as temporary storage 🫶
  • head — the head of your list, the head that runs the whole thing 👑
  • member — the name of the list_head sitting inside the struct, iykyk

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

so basically: it iterates over a list of the given type, and it keeps going after the current point — but the iconic part? it's safe against removal of a list entry 😭🔥

like, you can be out here deleting stuff mid-loop and she's not gonna fall apart on you. ate and left no crumbs.

lowkey important: "safe against removal" is the whole reason you'd reach for this one instead of a plain loop. don't sleep on it 🫶

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./tools/include/linux/list.h, plus the whole friend group (fr fr, it's a big group chat):

and that's the whole page bestie 🧚💜 this lil drop came from ./tools/include/linux and it's dated October 2026 — screenshot it, cite it, slay 💅✨

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