list_for_eac...safe_reverse(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 NAME 💖

ok so bestie, list_for_each_entry_safe_reverse — this is from the Kernel API Manual btw — it's the macro that walks your list backwards and does not freak out if something gets deleted mid-walk. safe against removal, backwards, iconic behaviour only.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

list_for_each_entry_safe_reverse (pos , n , head , member );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • pos — the *type ** you use as the loop cursor. it's your little main character pointer, out here living its best life pointing at each entry as you go 💅
  • n — another *type ** but this one's just temporary storage. the understudy. the backup dancer. it hangs onto the next thing so you don't lose your place 🫶
  • head — the head of your list. like, the literal starting node of the whole situation 🌸
  • member — the name of the list_head inside the struct. yes bestie, you gotta tell it where the list-ness lives 🦋

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

so basically: you iterate backwards over a list of the given type, and the whole thing is safe against removal of a list entry. like you can literally be out here deleting stuff as you go and it won't betray you. no cap. that's the whole vibe ✨

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

the kernel file lives at ./tools/include/linux/list.h — and here's the whole friend group, they all say hi 👋

ok that's the whole page, mwah 💋 this one's coming at you from ./tools/include/linux and it's dated October 2026, page list_for_eac...safe_reverse(9) — yes the title is literally truncated with dots in the header, and we love her for that 💀✨ bye bestie, go reverse some lists responsibly 🧚‍♀️💖

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