list_splice_tail(9)

💜 list_splice_tail — the kernel API manual, bestie edition 💜

okay so you found the page for list_splice_tail, a little function from the Kernel API Manual, and I'm gonna walk you through it like we're texting at 2am 🫶 no cap, this one is short and sweet and it slays.

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✨ NAME ✨

list_splice_tail — join two lists, each list being a queue 🎀

like, literally just glue two lists together, but the queue way. iconic behaviour honestly.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void list_splice_tail (struct list_head *list , struct list_head *head
);

that's it. that's the whole signature. two pointers, no return value (void — it gives you nothing back, main character energy 💅), and both of them are struct list_head * because of course they are, this is the kernel, everything is a list_head 😭

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• list — the new list you're adding. the fresh content, the incoming vibe ✨
• head — the place to add it in the first list. like, where the new stuff gets dropped in 🎀

that's the whole argument list. two items. we love a low-maintenance function.

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

okay this is the part where the manpage just goes off — like, this is the whole group chat, and honestly you should go read them all because they're all in the kernel file ./tools/include/linux/list.h 🌈

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(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)

bestie there are so many of these and yes you do need to know them, they will absolutely come up in a code review, iykyk 💀

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and that's the page!! you ate that 💖

cute little sign-off: this whole thing lives in ./tools/include/linux, it's dated October 2026, and it's from the Kernel API Manual — go forth and splice your tails responsibly, bestie 🧚⭐