libnvmf_exc..._entry_valid(9)

📦 version 3.2, in arch rolling

💅 libnvmf_exclusion_entry_valid(9) — the vibe check for your exclusion entries

okay so bestie, welcome to the libnvme API manual 🎀 this little page is all about libnvmf_exclusion_entry_valid — yes the title up top gets truncated to libnvmf_exc..._entry_valid(9) because terminal headers ran out of room, but that's her full name, no cap. She's section 9, she's a looker, let's go ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

libnvmf_exclusion_entry_valid — validate an entry string. literally that's her whole job, and she ate 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

bool libnvmf_exclusion_entry_valid (struct libnvme_global_ctx *ctx ,
const char *entry );

that's it. two args. she's low maintenance, unlike some APIs i could name 😭

✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

  • ctx — the libnvme global context. and listen, she is not optional: must not be NULL 🚫 this is a hard requirement, not a suggestion, fr fr.
  • entry — the exclusion entry itself, like for example "transport=tcp;traddr=1.2.3.4". that's the vibe: key=value pairs glued together with ; 🫶

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so what does she actually do? she returns true when every key is known and the entry has at least one recognized field. iconic behavior honestly 👑

she returns false when:

  • there are unknown keys 💀
  • there are bare keys (a key with no value, we don't do that here) 🙈
  • the entry is empty or has no fields — like, there's just nothing to work with, bestie 🍓

and the whole point? use this to pre-validate a hand-edited entry before writing it. yes, that's your chance to catch the mess before it becomes a real problem. main character energy is checking your work first, periodt 🔥

⭐ RETURN ⭐

true if the entry is valid — slay ✅

false otherwise — not slay, go fix it 💀

real talk though: she's just answering "valid or not", she's not out here fixing your typos. that's on you, bestie 😌

and that's the whole page!! thanks for coming to my ted talk 🌈 she's dated October 2026 and she lives in the libnvme API manual — the version/source is right down there in the footer, where libnvmf_exclusion_entry_v and libnvmf_exc..._entry_valid(9) get squished together in the corner. love that for her 🧚💜 bye bestie, go validate something 🎀

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