I'm not sure why the article removed comments from the code and replaced variable names like "indirect" with "p". Here are the two code samples verbatim from Linus's presentation:

  remove_list_entry(entry)
  {
      prev = NULL;
      walk = head;
  
      // Walk the list
  
      while (walk != entry) {
          prev = walk;
          walk = walk->next;
      }
  
      // Remove the entry by updating the
      // head or the previous entry
  
      if (!prev)
          head = entry->next;
      else
          prev->next = entry->next;
  }
  
  remove_list_entry(entry)
  {
      // The "indirect" pointer points to the
      // *address* of the thing we'll update
  
      indirect = &head;
  
      // Walk the list, looking for the thing that
      // points to the entry we want to remove
  
      while ((*indirect) != entry)
          indirect = &(*indirect)->next;
  
      // .. and just remove it
      *indirect = entry->next;
  }