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name: "rte_tailq_head"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "dpdk-doc"
version: "24.11.4-0+deb13u1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/rte_tailq_head"
---

# rte\_tailq\_head(3)

## NAME

rte\_tailq\_head

## SYNOPSIS

`#include <rte_tailq.h>`

### Data Fields

struct rte\_tailq\_entry\_head **tailq\_head**\

## Detailed Description

The structure defining a tailq header entry for storing in the rte\_config structure in shared memory. Each tailq is identified by name. Any library storing a set of objects e.g. rings, mempools, hash-tables, is recommended to use an entry here, so as to make it easy for a multi-process app to find already-created elements in shared memory.

Definition at line **38** of file **rte\_tailq.h**.

## Field Documentation

### struct rte\_tailq\_entry\_head tailq\_head

NOTE: must be first element

Definition at line **39** of file **rte\_tailq.h**.

## Author

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