docs: document linked lists
authorNicolas Frattaroli <nicolas.frattaroli@collabora.com>
Mon, 14 Jul 2025 08:14:47 +0000 (10:14 +0200)
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Thu, 17 Jul 2025 22:55:53 +0000 (16:55 -0600)
commitdcaf9d315cb787204ff88ffae4534e5ecb49b0ec
tree43ac462e8726835566508ced93682735420703ed
parent39e39af70d066029c788800ee07e0491e07eb081
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>
Documentation/core-api/index.rst
Documentation/core-api/kernel-api.rst
Documentation/core-api/list.rst [new file with mode: 0644]