LIST(3) Library Functions Manual LIST(3)
NAME
LIST_EMPTY, LIST_ENTRY, LIST_FIRST, LIST_FOREACH, LIST_HEAD,
LIST_HEAD_INITIALIZER, LIST_INIT, LIST_INSERT_AFTER, LIST_INSERT_BE-
FORE, LIST_INSERT_HEAD, LIST_NEXT, LIST_REMOVE - implementation of a
doubly linked list
LIBRARY
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/queue.h>
LIST_ENTRY(TYPE);
LIST_HEAD(HEADNAME, TYPE);
LIST_HEAD LIST_HEAD_INITIALIZER(LIST_HEAD head);
void LIST_INIT(LIST_HEAD *head);
int LIST_EMPTY(LIST_HEAD *head);
void LIST_INSERT_HEAD(LIST_HEAD *head,
struct TYPE *elm, LIST_ENTRY NAME);
void LIST_INSERT_BEFORE(struct TYPE *listelm,
struct TYPE *elm, LIST_ENTRY NAME);
void LIST_INSERT_AFTER(struct TYPE *listelm,
struct TYPE *elm, LIST_ENTRY NAME);
struct TYPE *LIST_FIRST(LIST_HEAD *head);
struct TYPE *LIST_NEXT(struct TYPE *elm, LIST_ENTRY NAME);
LIST_FOREACH(struct TYPE *var, LIST_HEAD *head, LIST_ENTRY NAME);
void LIST_REMOVE(struct TYPE *elm, LIST_ENTRY NAME);
DESCRIPTION
These macros define and operate on doubly linked lists.
In the macro definitions, TYPE is the name of a user-defined structure,
that must contain a field of type LIST_ENTRY, named NAME. The argument
HEADNAME is the name of a user-defined structure that must be declared
using the macro LIST_HEAD().
Creation
A list is headed by a structure defined by the LIST_HEAD() macro. This
structure contains a single pointer to the first element on the list.
The elements are doubly linked so that an arbitrary element can be re-
moved without traversing the list. New elements can be added to the
list after an existing element, before an existing element, or at the
head of the list. A LIST_HEAD structure is declared as follows:
LIST_HEAD(HEADNAME, TYPE) head;
where struct HEADNAME is the structure to be defined, and struct TYPE
is the type of the elements to be linked into the list. A pointer to
the head of the list can later be declared as:
struct HEADNAME *headp;
(The names head and headp are user selectable.)
LIST_ENTRY() declares a structure that connects the elements in the
list.
LIST_HEAD_INITIALIZER() evaluates to an initializer for the list head.
LIST_INIT() initializes the list referenced by head.
LIST_EMPTY() evaluates to true if there are no elements in the list.
Insertion
LIST_INSERT_HEAD() inserts the new element elm at the head of the list.
LIST_INSERT_BEFORE() inserts the new element elm before the element
listelm.
LIST_INSERT_AFTER() inserts the new element elm after the element lis-
telm.
Traversal
LIST_FIRST() returns the first element in the list, or NULL if the list
is empty.
LIST_NEXT() returns the next element in the list, or NULL if this is
the last.
LIST_FOREACH() traverses the list referenced by head in the forward di-
rection, assigning each element in turn to var.
Removal
LIST_REMOVE() removes the element elm from the list.
RETURN VALUE
LIST_EMPTY() returns nonzero if the list is empty, and zero if the list
contains at least one entry.
LIST_FIRST(), and LIST_NEXT() return a pointer to the first or next
TYPE structure, respectively.
LIST_HEAD_INITIALIZER() returns an initializer that can be assigned to
the list head.
STANDARDS
Not in POSIX.1, POSIX.1-2001, or POSIX.1-2008. Present on the BSDs
(LIST macros first appeared in 4.4BSD).
BUGS
LIST_FOREACH() doesn't allow var to be removed or freed within the
loop, as it would interfere with the traversal. LIST_FOREACH_SAFE(),
which is present on the BSDs but is not present in glibc, fixes this
limitation by allowing var to safely be removed from the list and freed
from within the loop without interfering with the traversal.
EXAMPLES
#include <stddef.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/queue.h>
struct entry {
int data;
LIST_ENTRY(entry) entries; /* List */
};
LIST_HEAD(listhead, entry);
int
main(void)
{
struct entry *n1, *n2, *n3, *np;
struct listhead head; /* List head */
int i;
LIST_INIT(&head); /* Initialize the list */
n1 = malloc(sizeof(struct entry)); /* Insert at the head */
LIST_INSERT_HEAD(&head, n1, entries);
n2 = malloc(sizeof(struct entry)); /* Insert after */
LIST_INSERT_AFTER(n1, n2, entries);
n3 = malloc(sizeof(struct entry)); /* Insert before */
LIST_INSERT_BEFORE(n2, n3, entries);
i = 0; /* Forward traversal */
LIST_FOREACH(np, &head, entries)
np->data = i++;
LIST_REMOVE(n2, entries); /* Deletion */
free(n2);
/* Forward traversal */
LIST_FOREACH(np, &head, entries)
printf("%i\n", np->data);
/* List deletion */
n1 = LIST_FIRST(&head);
while (n1 != NULL) {
n2 = LIST_NEXT(n1, entries);
free(n1);
n1 = n2;
}
LIST_INIT(&head);
exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
}
SEE ALSO
insque(3), queue(7)
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