list_splice_tail_init_rcu(9)

okay bestie, today’s Kernel API Manual entry is list_splice_tail_init_rcu(9) — we’re splicing RCU-protected lists into existing lists and it’s giving queue-core energy. 💅✨

🎀 NAME 🎀

list_splice_tail_init_rcu — splice an RCU-protected list into an existing list, designed for queues. Slay, no cap. 💖

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void list_splice_tail_init_rcu (struct list_head *list , struct list_head *head , void (*sync)(void) );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• list — the RCU-protected list to splice. 🫶
• head — the place in the existing list to splice the first list into. 📍
• sync — the sync function to use: synchronize_rcu, synchronize_rcu_expedited, .... 🧚

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./include/linux/rculist.h is the home base, and the whole linked-up squad is here:

• list_for_each_rcu(9), list_tail_rcu(9), list_add_rcu(9), list_add_tail_rcu(9), list_del_rcu(9), list_bidir_del_rcu(9), hlist_del_init_rcu(9)
• list_replace_rcu(9), list_splice_rcu(9), __list_splice_init_rcu(9), list_splice_init_rcu(9), list_entry_rcu(9), list_first_or_null_rcu(9), list_next_or_null_rcu(9)
• list_for_each_entry_rcu(9), list_for_each_entry_srcu(9), list_entry_lockless(9), list_for_each_entry_lockless(9), list_for_each_entry_continue_rcu(9), list_for_each_entry_from_rcu(9)
• hlist_del_rcu(9), hlist_replace_rcu(9), hlists_swap_heads_rcu(9), hlist_add_head_rcu(9), hlist_add_tail_rcu(9), hlist_add_before_rcu(9), hlist_add_behind_rcu(9)
• hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(9), hlist_for_each_entry_srcu(9), hlist_for_each_entry_rcu_notrace(9), hlist_for_each_entry_rcu_bh(9), hlist_for_each_entry_continue_rcu(9), hlist_for_each_entry_continue_rcu_bh(9), hlist_for_each_entry_from_rcu(9)

mwah 💋 this page is from ./include/linux, dated October 2026, and it’s the list_splice_tail_init_rcu(9) entry from the Kernel API Manual. periodt. 💜