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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968" /><title>list_cut_position</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.75.2" /><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="The Linux Kernel API" /><link rel="up" href="ch01.html#id2573462" title="Doubly Linked Lists" /><link rel="prev" href="re12.html" title="list_is_singular" /><link rel="next" href="re14.html" title="list_splice" /></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center"><span>list_cut_position</span></th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="re12.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Doubly Linked Lists</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="re14.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="refentry" title="list_cut_position"><a id="API-list-cut-position"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>list_cut_position —
cut a list into two
</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv" title="Synopsis"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="funcsynopsis"><table border="0" summary="Function synopsis" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="funcprototype-table"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">void <b class="fsfunc">list_cut_position </b>(</code></td><td>struct list_head * <var class="pdparam">list</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>struct list_head * <var class="pdparam">head</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>struct list_head * <var class="pdparam">entry</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer"> </div></div></div><div class="refsect1" title="Arguments"><a id="id2617105"></a><h2>Arguments</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>list</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
a new list to add all removed entries
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>head</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
a list with entries
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>entry</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
an entry within head, could be the head itself
and if so we won't cut the list
</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" title="Description"><a id="id2617166"></a><h2>Description</h2><p>
This helper moves the initial part of <em class="parameter"><code>head</code></em>, up to and
including <em class="parameter"><code>entry</code></em>, from <em class="parameter"><code>head</code></em> to <em class="parameter"><code>list</code></em>. You should
pass on <em class="parameter"><code>entry</code></em> an element you know is on <em class="parameter"><code>head</code></em>. <em class="parameter"><code>list</code></em>
should be an empty list or a list you do not care about
losing its data.
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