Nothing special. A typical list manipulation problem.
class Solution { public: ListNode *partition(ListNode *head, int x) { if (!head) return NULL; if (!head->next) return head; ListNode dum(-1); dum.next = head; ListNode *pPre = &dum; ListNode *plast = &dum; ListNode *p = head; while (p) { if (p->val < x) { if (pPre->next == p) { pPre = p; } else { ListNode *pPreNext = pPre->next; // dis-link plast->next = p->next; // Move ahead pPre->next = p; p->next = pPreNext; pPre = p; // p = plast->next; continue; } } plast = p; p = plast->next; } return dum.next; } };