Commit dcaf9d31 authored Jul 14, 2025 by Nicolas Frattaroli Committed by Jonathan Corbet Jul 17, 2025

docs: document linked lists

Add example-driven documentation for the kernel's generic linked list
data structure. This includes discussion of situations where linked
lists are likely inappropriate, and references to further reading.

Signed-off-by: Nicolas Frattaroli <nicolas.frattaroli@collabora.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250714-linked-list-docs-v3-1-56c461580866@collabora.com

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>

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Documentation/core-api/index.rst

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		union_find
		min_heap
		parser
		list

		Low level entry and exit
		========================

Documentation/core-api/kernel-api.rst

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		====================


		List Management Functions
		=========================

		.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/list.h
		:internal:

		Basic C Library Functions
		=========================

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