list_move(9)

okay so this is list_move(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and honestly? She’s a tiny little list-shuffling icon. 💅

💖 NAME 💖

list_move — delete from one list and add as another's head. That’s the whole errand, bestie: it deletes from one list and adds as another’s head. slay.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void list_move (struct list_head *list , struct list_head *head );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• list — the entry to move. the main character getting relocated.
• head — the head that will precede our entry. yes, literally the head that will precede our entry.

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file ./tools/include/linux/list.h — and here’s the whole friend group, no cap:

• list_add(9)
• list_add_tail(9)
• list_replace(9)
• list_del_init(9)
• list_move_tail(9)
• list_is_first(9)
• list_is_last(9)
• list_empty(9)
• list_empty_careful(9)
• list_rotate_left(9)
• list_is_singular(9)
• list_cut_position(9)
• list_splice(9)
• list_splice_tail(9)
• list_splice_init(9)
• list_splice_tail_init(9)
• list_entry(9)
• list_first_entry(9)
• list_last_entry(9)
• list_first_entry_or_null(9)
• list_last_entry_or_null(9)
• list_next_entry(9)
• list_prev_entry(9)
• list_for_each(9)
• list_for_each_prev(9)
• list_for_each_safe(9)
• list_for_each_prev_safe(9)
• list_for_each_entry(9)
• list_for_each_entry_reverse(9)
• list_prepare_entry(9)
• list_for_each_entry_continue(9)
• list_for_each_entry_continue_reverse(9)
• list_for_each_entry_from(9)
• list_for_each_entry_safe(9)
• list_for_each_entry_safe_continue(9)
• list_for_each_entry_safe_from(9)
• list_for_each_entry_safe_reverse(9)
• list_safe_reset_next(9)
• hlist_for_each_entry(9)
• hlist_for_each_entry_continue(9)
• hlist_for_each_entry_from(9)
• hlist_for_each_entry_safe(9)
• list_del_range(9)
• list_for_each_from(9)

mwah 💋 cute little sign-off: source/version is ./tools/include/linux, date is October 2026, and the page is list_move(9) from the Kernel API Manual. periodt. 🫶