list_splice(9)

✨ NAME ✨

okay so bestie, this is list_splice from the Kernel API Manual — aka list_splice(9) 💅 — and what it does is join two lists. That’s the whole gig. It’s literally designed for stacks, no cap. 🫶

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

here’s the exact signature, character for character:

       void list_splice (const struct list_head *list , struct list_head *head
       );

it returns void, so there’s nothing coming back to catch — it just does its thing and that’s it ✨

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• list — the new list to add. fresh list energy, mwah. 💖
• head — the place to add it in the first list. that’s where it gets spliced in, periodt. 👑

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the kernel file is ./tools/include/linux/list.h, and the whole linked-list friend group is here:

• list_add(9)
• list_add_tail(9)
• list_replace(9)
• list_del_init(9)
• list_move(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_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)

okay that’s the whole page, bestie 🫶 — sourced from ./tools/include/linux, dated October 2026, and starring list_splice(9) 💖✨