1CIRCLEQ(3)                 Linux Programmer's Manual                CIRCLEQ(3)
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NAME

6       CIRCLEQ_EMPTY,   CIRCLEQ_ENTRY,  CIRCLEQ_FIRST,  CIRCLEQ_FOREACH,  CIR‐
7       CLEQ_FOREACH_REVERSE,  CIRCLEQ_HEAD,   CIRCLEQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER,   CIR‐
8       CLEQ_INIT,   CIRCLEQ_INSERT_AFTER,  CIRCLEQ_INSERT_BEFORE,  CIRCLEQ_IN‐
9       SERT_HEAD, CIRCLEQ_INSERT_TAIL, CIRCLEQ_LAST,  CIRCLEQ_LOOP_NEXT,  CIR‐
10       CLEQ_LOOP_PREV,  CIRCLEQ_NEXT, CIRCLEQ_PREV, CIRCLEQ_REMOVE - implemen‐
11       tation of a doubly linked circular queue
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SYNOPSIS

14       #include <sys/queue.h>
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16       CIRCLEQ_ENTRY(TYPE);
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18       CIRCLEQ_HEAD(HEADNAME, TYPE);
19       CIRCLEQ_HEAD CIRCLEQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(CIRCLEQ_HEAD head);
20       void CIRCLEQ_INIT(CIRCLEQ_HEAD *head);
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22       int CIRCLEQ_EMPTY(CIRCLEQ_HEAD *head);
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24       void CIRCLEQ_INSERT_HEAD(CIRCLEQ_HEAD *head,
25                                  struct TYPE *elm, CIRCLEQ_ENTRY NAME);
26       void CIRCLEQ_INSERT_TAIL(CIRCLEQ_HEAD *head,
27                                  struct TYPE *elm, CIRCLEQ_ENTRY NAME);
28       void CIRCLEQ_INSERT_BEFORE(CIRCLEQ_HEAD *head, struct TYPE *listelm,
29                                  struct TYPE *elm, CIRCLEQ_ENTRY NAME);
30       void CIRCLEQ_INSERT_AFTER(CIRCLEQ_HEAD *head, struct TYPE *listelm,
31                                  struct TYPE *elm, CIRCLEQ_ENTRY NAME);
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33       struct TYPE *CIRCLEQ_FIRST(CIRCLEQ_HEAD *head);
34       struct TYPE *CIRCLEQ_LAST(CIRCLEQ_HEAD *head);
35       struct TYPE *CIRCLEQ_PREV(struct TYPE *elm, CIRCLEQ_ENTRY NAME);
36       struct TYPE *CIRCLEQ_NEXT(struct TYPE *elm, CIRCLEQ_ENTRY NAME);
37       struct TYPE *CIRCLEQ_LOOP_PREV(CIRCLEQ_HEAD *head,
38                                  struct TYPE *elm, CIRCLEQ_ENTRY NAME);
39       struct TYPE *CIRCLEQ_LOOP_NEXT(CIRCLEQ_HEAD *head,
40                                  struct TYPE *elm, CIRCLEQ_ENTRY NAME);
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42       CIRCLEQ_FOREACH(struct TYPE *var, CIRCLEQ_HEAD *head,
43                                  CIRCLEQ_ENTRY NAME);
44       CIRCLEQ_FOREACH_REVERSE(struct TYPE *var, CIRCLEQ_HEAD *head,
45                                  CIRCLEQ_ENTRY NAME);
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47       void CIRCLEQ_REMOVE(CIRCLEQ_HEAD *head, struct TYPE *elm,
48                                  CIRCLEQ_ENTRY NAME);
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DESCRIPTION

51       These macros define and operate on doubly linked circular queues.
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53       In the macro definitions, TYPE is the name of a user-defined structure,
54       that must contain a field of type CIRCLEQ_ENTRY, named NAME.  The argu‐
55       ment HEADNAME is the name of a user-defined structure that must be  de‐
56       clared using the macro CIRCLEQ_HEAD().
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58   Creation
59       A circular queue is headed by a structure defined by the CIRCLEQ_HEAD()
60       macro.  This structure contains a pair of pointers, one  to  the  first
61       element  in  the  queue and the other to the last element in the queue.
62       The elements are doubly linked so that an arbitrary element can be  re‐
63       moved  without  traversing the queue.  New elements can be added to the
64       queue after an existing element, before an  existing  element,  at  the
65       head  of  the queue, or at the end of the queue.  A CIRCLEQ_HEAD struc‐
66       ture is declared as follows:
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68           CIRCLEQ_HEAD(HEADNAME, TYPE) head;
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70       where struct HEADNAME is the structure to be defined, and  struct  TYPE
71       is  the type of the elements to be linked into the queue.  A pointer to
72       the head of the queue can later be declared as:
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74           struct HEADNAME *headp;
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76       (The names head and headp are user selectable.)
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78       CIRCLEQ_ENTRY() declares a structure that connects the elements in  the
79       queue.
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81       CIRCLEQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER()  evaluates  to  an initializer for the queue
82       head.
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84       CIRCLEQ_INIT() initializes the queue referenced by head.
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86       CIRCLEQ_EMPTY() evaluates to true if there are no items on the queue.
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88   Insertion
89       CIRCLEQ_INSERT_HEAD() inserts the new element elm at the  head  of  the
90       queue.
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92       CIRCLEQ_INSERT_TAIL()  inserts  the  new  element elm at the end of the
93       queue.
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95       CIRCLEQ_INSERT_BEFORE() inserts the new element elm before the  element
96       listelm.
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98       CIRCLEQ_INSERT_AFTER()  inserts  the  new element elm after the element
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101   Traversal
102       CIRCLEQ_FIRST() returns the first item on the queue.
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104       CIRCLEQ_LAST() returns the last item on the queue.
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106       CIRCLEQ_PREV() returns the previous item on the queue, or &head if this
107       item is the first one.
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109       CIRCLEQ_NEXT()  returns  the  next  item on the queue, or &head if this
110       item is the last one.
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112       CIRCLEQ_LOOP_PREV() returns the previous item on the queue.  If elm  is
113       the first element on the queue, the last element is returned.
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115       CIRCLEQ_LOOP_NEXT()  returns the next item on the queue.  If elm is the
116       last element on the queue, the first element is returned.
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118       CIRCLEQ_FOREACH() traverses the queue referenced by head in the forward
119       direction,  assigning each element in turn to var.  var is set to &head
120       if the loop completes normally, or if there were no elements.
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122       CIRCLEQ_FOREACH_REVERSE() traverses the queue referenced by head in the
123       reverse direction, assigning each element in turn to var.
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125   Removal
126       CIRCLEQ_REMOVE() removes the element elm from the queue.
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RETURN VALUE

129       CIRCLEQ_EMPTY()  returns nonzero if the queue is empty, and zero if the
130       queue contains at least one entry.
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132       CIRCLEQ_FIRST(),   CIRCLEQ_LAST(),   CIRCLEQ_LOOP_PREV(),   and    CIR‐
133       CLEQ_LOOP_NEXT() return a pointer to the first, last, previous, or next
134       TYPE structure, respectively.
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136       CIRCLEQ_PREV(),  and  CIRCLEQ_NEXT()  are   similar   to   their   CIR‐
137       CLEQ_LOOP_*() counterparts, except that if the argument is the first or
138       last element, respectively, they return &head.
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140       CIRCLEQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER() returns an initializer that can be  assigned
141       to the queue head.
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CONFORMING TO

144       Not  in  POSIX.1,  POSIX.1-2001,  or POSIX.1-2008.  Present on the BSDs
145       (CIRCLEQ macros first appeared in 4.4BSD).
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BUGS

148       CIRCLEQ_FOREACH() and CIRCLEQ_FOREACH_REVERSE() don't allow var  to  be
149       removed  or  freed within the loop, as it would interfere with the tra‐
150       versal.   CIRCLEQ_FOREACH_SAFE()  and   CIRCLEQ_FOREACH_REVERSE_SAFE(),
151       which  are  present  on the BSDs but are not present in glibc, fix this
152       limitation by allowing var to safely be removed from the list and freed
153       from within the loop without interfering with the traversal.
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EXAMPLES

156       #include <stddef.h>
157       #include <stdio.h>
158       #include <stdlib.h>
159       #include <sys/queue.h>
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161       struct entry {
162           int data;
163           CIRCLEQ_ENTRY(entry) entries;           /* Queue */
164       };
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166       CIRCLEQ_HEAD(circlehead, entry);
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168       int
169       main(void)
170       {
171           struct entry *n1, *n2, *n3, *np;
172           struct circlehead head;                 /* Queue head */
173           int i;
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175           CIRCLEQ_INIT(&head);                    /* Initialize the queue */
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177           n1 = malloc(sizeof(struct entry));      /* Insert at the head */
178           CIRCLEQ_INSERT_HEAD(&head, n1, entries);
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180           n1 = malloc(sizeof(struct entry));      /* Insert at the tail */
181           CIRCLEQ_INSERT_TAIL(&head, n1, entries);
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183           n2 = malloc(sizeof(struct entry));      /* Insert after */
184           CIRCLEQ_INSERT_AFTER(&head, n1, n2, entries);
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186           n3 = malloc(sizeof(struct entry));      /* Insert before */
187           CIRCLEQ_INSERT_BEFORE(&head, n2, n3, entries);
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189           CIRCLEQ_REMOVE(&head, n2, entries);     /* Deletion */
190           free(n2);
191                                                   /* Forward traversal */
192           i = 0;
193           CIRCLEQ_FOREACH(np, &head, entries)
194               np->data = i++;
195                                                   /* Reverse traversal */
196           CIRCLEQ_FOREACH_REVERSE(np, &head, entries)
197               printf("%i\n", np->data);
198                                                   /* Queue deletion */
199           n1 = CIRCLEQ_FIRST(&head);
200           while (n1 != (void *)&head) {
201               n2 = CIRCLEQ_NEXT(n1, entries);
202               free(n1);
203               n1 = n2;
204           }
205           CIRCLEQ_INIT(&head);
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207           exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
208       }
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SEE ALSO

211       insque(3), queue(7)
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COLOPHON

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