In msim_msg_get(), start at the given node instead of using g_list_first() to back track and find the first node (since GList's are doubly-linked, it can do this). This means that msim_msg_get_*() functions now return values beginning from the MsimMessage * that was passed to the function, instead of at the very beginning, so you can pass an MsimMessage pointer in the middle of an MsimMessage (which is really just a GList) and it will search starting from where you gave it.