llist_empty(9)

💅 llist_empty(9) — a Kernel API Manual moment

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and honestly it's a little icon: it's llist_empty, your go-to vibe check for a lock-less list 🦋

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✨ NAME ✨

llist_empty — tests whether a lock-less list is empty. that's it, that's the whole job, and she does it slayfully 💅

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

bool llist_empty (const struct llist_head *head );

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• head — the list you wanna test, bestie. that's the one. give her a poke 👑

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so like… this is not guaranteed to be accurate or up to date 😭 no cap, that's literally in the docs. it's just a quick lil way to test whether the list is empty without deleting something from the list.

lowkey important: think of it as a peek, not a promise. it's giving "quick check energy," not "source of truth energy" 🙈

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🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

Kernel file ./include/linux/llist.h — plus the whole friend group, fr fr:

• init_llist_head(9)
• init_llist_node(9)
• llist_on_list(9)
• llist_entry(9)
• member_address_is_nonnull(9)
• llist_for_each(9)
• llist_for_each_safe(9)
• llist_for_each_entry(9)
• llist_for_each_entry_safe(9)
• llist_add_batch(9)
• llist_add(9)
• llist_del_all(9)
• llist_del_first_init(9)

like, the entire llist squad showed up. we love a supportive cast 🌈⭐

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and that's the page!! mwah 💋 this one came out of the ./include/linux corner of the world, dated October 2026 — so like, future-era documentation, main character energy only 👑✨ bye bestie, go check if your list is empty 🍓🧚💜