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#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>

/*
 * On many OpenBSD/NetBSD/FreeBSD you could include <sys/queue.h>, but
 * for portability we’ll include the local copy.
 */
#include "queue.h"

/*
 * This structure defines each item in our tail queue.  It must also
 * contain an item (TAILQ_ENTRY) that points to the next and previous
 * items in the tail queue.
 *
 * For simplicity, we will be creating a list of integers.
 */
struct tailq_entry {
        int value;

        /*
         * This holds the pointers to the next and previous entries in
         * the tail queue.
         */
        TAILQ_ENTRY(tailq_entry) entries;
};

/*
 * Our tail queue requires a head, this is defined using the
 * TAILQ_HEAD macro.
 */
TAILQ_HEAD(, tailq_entry) my_tailq_head;

int
main(int argc, char **argv)
{
        /* Define a pointer to an item in the tail queue. */
        struct tailq_entry *item;

        /* In some cases we have to track a temporary item. */
        struct tailq_entry *tmp_item;

        int i;

        /* Initialize the tail queue. */
        TAILQ_INIT(&my_tailq_head);

        /* Add 10 items to the tailq queue. */
        for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
                /*
                 * Each item we want to add to the tail queue must be
                 * allocated.
                 */
                item = malloc(sizeof(*item));
                if (item == NULL) {
                        perror("malloc failed");
                        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
                }

                /* Set the value. */
                item->value = i;

                /*
                 * Add our item to the end of tail queue. The first
                 * argument is a pointer to the head of our tail
                 * queue, the second is the item we want to add, and
                 * the third argument is the name of the struct
                 * variable that points to the next and previous items
                 * in the tail queue.
                 */
                TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&my_tailq_head, item, entries);
        }

        /* Traverse the tail queue forward. */
        printf("Forward traversal: ");
        TAILQ_FOREACH(item, &my_tailq_head, entries) {
                printf("%d ", item->value);
        }
        printf("\n");

        /* Insert a new item after the item with value 5. */
        printf("Adding new item after 5: ");
        TAILQ_FOREACH(item, &my_tailq_head, entries) {
                if (item->value == 5) {
                        struct tailq_entry *new_item =
                            malloc(sizeof(*new_item));
                        if (new_item == NULL) {
                                perror("malloc failed");
                                exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
                        }
                        new_item->value = 10;

                        TAILQ_INSERT_AFTER(&my_tailq_head, item, new_item,
                            entries);
                        break;
                }
        }

        /* Do another forward traversal to show the newly added item. */
        TAILQ_FOREACH(item, &my_tailq_head, entries) {
                printf("%d ", item->value);
        }
        printf("\n");

        /*
         * Delete the item with the value 3.
         *
         * We can’t use TAILQ_FOREACH here as TAILQ_FOREACH is not
         * safe against deletions during the traversal.  Some variants
         * of queue.h have TAILQ_FOREACH_MUTABLE or TAILQ_FOREACH_SAFE
         * which are safe against deletions.
         */
        printf("Deleting item with value 3: ");
        for (item = TAILQ_FIRST(&my_tailq_head); item != NULL; item = tmp_item)
        {
                tmp_item = TAILQ_NEXT(item, entries);
                if (item->value == 3) {
                        /* Remove the item from the tail queue. */
                        TAILQ_REMOVE(&my_tailq_head, item, entries);

                        /* Free the item as we don’t need it anymore. */
                        free(item);

                        break;
                }
        }

        /* Another forward traversal to show that the value 3 is now gone. */
        TAILQ_FOREACH(item, &my_tailq_head, entries) {
                printf("%d ", item->value);
        }
        printf("\n");

        /* Free the entire tail queue. */
        while (item = TAILQ_FIRST(&my_tailq_head)) {
                TAILQ_REMOVE(&my_tailq_head, item, entries);
                free(item);
        }

        /* The tail queue should now be empty. */
        if (!TAILQ_EMPTY(&my_tailq_head))
                printf("tail queue is NOT empty!\n");