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SLIST(3) Library Functions Manual SLIST(3)

NAME top

   SLIST_EMPTY, SLIST_ENTRY, SLIST_FIRST, SLIST_FOREACH, SLIST_HEAD,
   SLIST_HEAD_INITIALIZER, SLIST_INIT, SLIST_INSERT_AFTER,
   SLIST_INSERT_HEAD, SLIST_NEXT, SLIST_REMOVE, SLIST_REMOVE_HEAD -
   implementation of a singly linked list

LIBRARY top

   Standard C library (_libc_, _-lc_)

SYNOPSIS top

   **#include <sys/queue.h>**

   **SLIST_ENTRY(TYPE);**

   **SLIST_HEAD(HEADNAME, TYPE);**
   **SLIST_HEAD SLIST_HEAD_INITIALIZER(SLIST_HEAD** _head_**);**
   **void SLIST_INIT(SLIST_HEAD ***_head_**);**

   **int SLIST_EMPTY(SLIST_HEAD ***_head_**);**

   **void SLIST_INSERT_HEAD(SLIST_HEAD ***_head_**,**
                           **struct TYPE ***_elm_**, SLIST_ENTRY** _NAME_**);**
   **void SLIST_INSERT_AFTER(struct TYPE ***_listelm_**,**
                           **struct TYPE ***_elm_**, SLIST_ENTRY** _NAME_**);**

   **struct TYPE *SLIST_FIRST(SLIST_HEAD ***_head_**);**
   **struct TYPE *SLIST_NEXT(struct TYPE ***_elm_**, SLIST_ENTRY** _NAME_**);**

   **SLIST_FOREACH(struct TYPE ***_var_**, SLIST_HEAD ***_head_**, SLIST_ENTRY** _NAME_**);**

   **void SLIST_REMOVE(SLIST_HEAD ***_head_**, struct TYPE ***_elm_**,**
                           **SLIST_ENTRY** _NAME_**);**
   **void SLIST_REMOVE_HEAD(SLIST_HEAD ***_head_**,**
                           **SLIST_ENTRY** _NAME_**);**

DESCRIPTION top

   These macros define and operate on singly linked lists.

   In the macro definitions, _TYPE_ is the name of a user-defined
   structure, that must contain a field of type _SLISTENTRY_, named
   _NAME_.  The argument _HEADNAME_ is the name of a user-defined
   structure that must be declared using the macro **SLIST_HEAD**().

Creation A singly linked list is headed by a structure defined by the SLIST_HEAD() macro. This structure contains a single pointer to the first element on the list. The elements are singly linked for minimum space and pointer manipulation overhead at the expense of O(n) removal for arbitrary elements. New elements can be added to the list after an existing element or at the head of the list. An SLISTHEAD structure is declared as follows:

       SLIST_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.)

   **SLIST_ENTRY**() declares a structure that connects the elements in
   the list.

   **SLIST_HEAD_INITIALIZER**() evaluates to an initializer for the list
   _head_.

   **SLIST_INIT**() initializes the list referenced by _head_.

   **SLIST_EMPTY**() evaluates to true if there are no elements in the
   list.

Insertion SLIST_INSERT_HEAD() inserts the new element elm at the head of the list.

   **SLIST_INSERT_AFTER**() inserts the new element _elm_ after the element
   _listelm_.

Traversal SLIST_FIRST() returns the first element in the list, or NULL if the list is empty.

   **SLIST_NEXT**() returns the next element in the list.

   **SLIST_FOREACH**() traverses the list referenced by _head_ in the
   forward direction, assigning each element in turn to _var_.

Removal SLIST_REMOVE() removes the element elm from the list.

   **SLIST_REMOVE_HEAD**() removes the element _elm_ from the head of the
   list.  For optimum efficiency, elements being removed from the
   head of the list should explicitly use this macro instead of the
   generic **SLIST_REMOVE**().

RETURN VALUE top

   **SLIST_EMPTY**() returns nonzero if the list is empty, and zero if
   the list contains at least one entry.

   **SLIST_FIRST**(), and **SLIST_NEXT**() return a pointer to the first or
   next _TYPE_ structure, respectively.

   **SLIST_HEAD_INITIALIZER**() returns an initializer that can be
   assigned to the list _head_.

STANDARDS top

   BSD.

HISTORY top

   4.4BSD.

BUGS top

   **SLIST_FOREACH**() doesn't allow _var_ to be removed or freed within
   the loop, as it would interfere with the traversal.
   **SLIST_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 top

   #include <stddef.h>
   #include <stdio.h>
   #include <stdlib.h>
   #include <sys/queue.h>

   struct entry {
       int data;
       SLIST_ENTRY(entry) entries;             /* Singly linked list */
   };

   SLIST_HEAD(slisthead, entry);

   int
   main(void)
   {
       struct entry *n1, *n2, *n3, *np;
       struct slisthead head;                  /* Singly linked list
                                                  head */

       SLIST_INIT(&head);                      /* Initialize the queue */

       n1 = malloc(sizeof(struct entry));      /* Insert at the head */
       SLIST_INSERT_HEAD(&head, n1, entries);

       n2 = malloc(sizeof(struct entry));      /* Insert after */
       SLIST_INSERT_AFTER(n1, n2, entries);

       SLIST_REMOVE(&head, n2, entry, entries);/* Deletion */
       free(n2);

       n3 = SLIST_FIRST(&head);
       SLIST_REMOVE_HEAD(&head, entries);      /* Deletion from the head */
       free(n3);

       for (unsigned int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
           n1 = malloc(sizeof(struct entry));
           SLIST_INSERT_HEAD(&head, n1, entries);
           n1->data = i;
       }

                                               /* Forward traversal */
       SLIST_FOREACH(np, &head, entries)
           printf("%i\n", np->data);

       while (!SLIST_EMPTY(&head)) {           /* List deletion */
           n1 = SLIST_FIRST(&head);
           SLIST_REMOVE_HEAD(&head, entries);
           free(n1);
       }
       SLIST_INIT(&head);

       exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
   }

SEE ALSO top

   [insque(3)](../man3/insque.3.html), [queue(7)](../man7/queue.7.html)

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