list_private...h_entry_safe(9)

💅 list_private_for_each_entry_safe(9) 🎀

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — yes, the actual manual name, we're fancy here — and today's main character is list_private_for_each_entry_safe. no cap, this one is lowkey a lifesaver once you get it. let's go 💖

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✨ NAME ✨

list_private_for_each_entry_safe — iterate over list of given type safe against removal of list entry 🦋

like, literally walk your list and survive deleting stuff from it as you go. it's giving "I can have both" energy. periodt.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

list_private_for_each_entry_safe (pos , n , head , member );

yes the spacing is exactly like that, don't come for me, that's just how it's printed 🙈

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🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• pos — the type * to use as a loop cursor. this is your little main character pointer, the one doing the walking 💫
• n — another type * to use as temporary storage. think of it as the backup dancer holding the next position so nothing gets lost 🎀
• head — the head for your list. every list has one, it's the anchor, the group chat admin if you will 👑
• member — the name of the list_head within the struct. you gotta tell it where the list-ness lives inside your struct, iykyk 🔍

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

so here's the whole squad, all of them, no skipping, we love a complete friend group:

• Kernel file ./include/linux/list_private.h Private List Primitives(9)
• list_private_entry(9)
• list_private_first_entry(9)
• list_private_last_entry(9)
• list_private_next_entry(9)
• list_private_next_entry_circular(9)
• list_private_prev_entry(9)
• list_private_prev_entry_circular(9)
• list_private_entry_is_head(9)
• list_private_for_each_entry(9)
• list_private_for_each_entry_reverse(9)
• list_private_for_each_entry_continue(9)
• list_private_for_each_entry_continue_reverse(9)
• list_private_for_each_entry_from(9)
• list_private_for_each_entry_from_reverse(9)
• list_private_for_each_entry_safe_continue(9)
• list_private_for_each_entry_safe_from(9)
• list_private_for_each_entry_safe_reverse(9)
• list_private_safe_reset_next(9)

like, the whole family tree fr fr 🌈

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heads up bestie: that's the literal list of references from the page — I'm not adding extra ones, I'm not dropping any. we keep every last one 💀✨

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and that's the page!! source lives at ./include/linux, dated October 2026 — so it's basically a lil time traveler 🕰️💖 mwah, go iterate safely, ily, bye 🧚‍♀️💅