plist_last_entry(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🌸 plist_last_entry(9) — get the struct for the last entry 🌸

okay bestie, so this one's from the Kernel API Manual and it's literally one of the cutest tiny helpers ever — it hands you back the struct that the last entry of your plist lives inside. no cap, that's the whole vibe. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

plist_last_entry — get the struct for the last entry 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

plist_last_entry (head , type , member );

that's it. that's the whole call. iconic. ⭐

🌈 ARGUMENTS 🌈

  • head — the struct plist_head pointer 🫶 this is your starting point, the head of the party
  • type — the type of the struct this is embedded in — like, the actual big struct you care about, not just the little list_head hiding inside it
  • member — the name of the list_head within the struct 👑 (iykyk — it's the field name, not the type)

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

literally the whole plist friend group, fr fr — go say hi to all of them:

bestie reminder: this page lives in ./include/linux and it's dated October 2026 — so yeah, it's giving future icon energy 🔥 go read the whole plist family, they all slay together 💖

mwah 💋 — stay hydrated, read your headers, and may your last entry always be the one you wanted 🧚‍♀️

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