list_private...safe_reverse(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay so bestie, this is list_private_for_each_entry_safe_reverse from the Kernel API Manual — and it does exactly what the name says: iterate backwards over list safe against removal. It's the backwards-walking, removal-safe list girlie 💅✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

list_private_for_each_entry_safe_reverse (pos , n , head , member );

yes, that spacing is canon — copy it exactly, no cap 🫶

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • pos — the type * to use as a loop cursor. this is your main-character pointer, always out here pointing at the current entry 👑
  • n — another type * to use as temporary storage. literally just extra typed pointer storage, your little backup buddy 🍓
  • head — the head for your list. the starting point, the queen of the linked list 🌈
  • member — the name of the list_head within the struct. iykyk, it's the field name that hooks your struct into the list 🔥

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Iterate backwards over list of given type, safe against removal of list entry. it's giving backwards traversal with a safety net — the walk doesn't get wrecked just because a list entry gets removed 😭💀

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file ./include/linux/list_private.h, plus the Private List Primitives(9) crew — all of these icons, fr fr:

and that's the whole vibe 💜 shoutout to ./include/linux, dated October 2026, filed under list_private...safe_reverse(9) — bye bestie, go walk that list backwards safely 🧚💖

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