list_replace_init(9)

💖 list_replace_init(9) — Kernel API Manual 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the list_replace_init(9) page. We are in the Kernel API Manual, and we're about to replace a list entry and initialize the old one like it's literally nothing. 💅✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

list_replace_init — replace old entry by new one and initialize the old one 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void list_replace_init (struct list_head *old , struct list_head *new );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• old — the element to be replaced 👑
• new — the new element to insert ✨

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the tea ☕: if old was empty, it will be overwritten. that's the whole vibe, no cap 💀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./scripts/include/list.h — plus these iconic besties, all in their exact order 🫶:

• container_of(9)
• INIT_LIST_HEAD(9)
• list_add(9)
• list_add_tail(9)
• list_del(9)
• list_replace(9)
• list_move(9)
• list_move_tail(9)
• list_is_first(9)
• list_is_last(9)
• list_is_head(9)
• list_empty(9)
• list_entry(9)
• list_first_entry(9)
• list_last_entry(9)
• list_next_entry(9)
• list_prev_entry(9)
• list_entry_is_head(9)
• list_for_each_entry(9)
• list_for_each_entry_reverse(9)
• list_for_each_entry_safe(9)
• hlist_unhashed(9)
• hlist_del(9)
• hlist_del_init(9)
• hlist_add_head(9)
• hlist_for_each_entry(9)
• hlist_for_each_entry_safe(9)

this page lives under ./scripts/include, it's dated October 2026, and it's literally list_replace_init(9) — periodt, slay, go be a main character in some linked lists 💖🦋✨