list_prepare_entry(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ list_prepare_entry(9) ✨

ok so bestie, this is a page from the Kernel API Manual (list_prepare_entry(9), section 9) and honestly? it's a little one, but she's important. she's the setup girl. the pre-game. the "get your pos in order before the real loop starts" moment 💅

🎀 NAME 🎀

list_prepare_entry — literally prepares a pos entry so you can hand it to list_for_each_entry_continue(). that's it, that's the whole job. she's a supporting character with main character energy 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

list_prepare_entry (pos , head , member );

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

  • pos — the type * you're using as your start point. like, the entry you wanna kick things off from ✨
  • head — the head of the list. the mother ship. the beginning of everything 👑
  • member — the name of the list_head inside the struct. iykyk, it's the little list node hiding inside your big struct 🦋

🧚 DESCRIPTION 🧚

so what she does is: she prepares a pos entry so it's all ready to be used as a start point in list_for_each_entry_continue. that's the entire vibe. no cap, no extra steps, no surprises 🍓

think of it as the "ok you're up, go" tap on the shoulder before the loop does its thing 💜

ngl, this is one of those tiny helpers where if you skip it, the macro will Not Be Happy with you 😭 so like… don't skip it. fr fr.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./tools/include/linux/list.h

and now, the full squad — every single one, because we don't do "etc." around here:

ok and that's the whole page, bestie 💖 she lives down in ./tools/include/linux, she's dated October 2026, and she ate. periodt 🔥👑

~ mwah, go prep that pos ~ 💅

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