list_splice_tail_init(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay so picture this: list_splice_tail_init is the girl who joins two lists together and then reinitialises the emptied list like it's a fresh new era 💅 — that's literally the whole thing, no cap. It lives in the Kernel API Manual btw, so yeah, we're in kernel-land today bestie 🐧✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

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

like, that's it. that's the whole signature. she's short, she's sweet, she returns nothing (void queen 👑), and she takes two pointers to struct list_head. iconic behaviour fr fr.

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • list — the new list to add. this is the one that's gonna get moved and then reinitialised, so she's the main character of this operation 🦋
  • head — the place to add it in the first list. this is the destination vibes, the spot where the new list gets tucked in 💖

💫 DESCRIPTION 💫

okay so listen, here's the lore: each of the lists is a queue. like, both of them. queues. that's the mental model, keep it in your head 🧠✨

and the list at list gets reinitialised — meaning after the splice happens, that list is reset to a clean little empty state. the way that she empties herself out and starts fresh?? self-care honestly 🌸

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

she does not exist in a vacuum bestie, she's got a whole friend group. it's all hanging out in the kernel file ./tools/include/linux/list.h — go say hi 👋

like, look at that roster 😭 the whole linked-list friend group showed up for her. no gatekeeping here 🫶

ngl bestie, don't skip the reinitialise part. she really does reset list. that's the whole personality of this function 💀

and that's the page!! mwah 💋 this one came from ./tools/include/linux, dated October 2026, and it's giving "kernel docs but make it cute" 🌈⭐ go forth and splice responsibly, iykyk 🧚💜

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