befs_compare_strings(9)

💅 befs_compare_strings(9) 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual corner of the group chat. today’s main character is befs_compare_strings(9), and it is literally here to compare two strings. no cap.

🎀 NAME 🎀

befs_compare_strings — compare two strings. that’s it, that’s the vibe. ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

       int befs_compare_strings (const void *key1 , int keylen1 , const void
       *key2 , int keylen2 );

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• key1 — pointer to the first key to be compared. bestie #1.
• keylen1 — length in bytes of key1. yes, bytes. 💖
• key2 — pointer to the second key to be compared. bestie #2.
• keylen2 — length in bytes of key2. slay. 🎀

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

here’s the vibe check, fr fr:

• Returns 0 if key1 and key2 are equal.
• Returns >0 if key1 is greater.
• Returns <0 if key2 is greater.

that’s the whole energy. iconic, lowkey. 👑

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./fs/befs/btree.c and the rest of the friend group:

• befs_bt_read_super(9)
• befs_bt_read_node(9)
• befs_btree_find(9)
• befs_find_key(9)
• befs_btree_read(9)
• befs_btree_seekleaf(9)
• befs_leafnode(9)
• befs_bt_keylen_index(9)
• befs_bt_valarray(9)
• befs_bt_keydata(9)
• befs_bt_get_key(9)

iykyk. 🦋

later, bestie! — signed from ./fs/befs, October 2026, befs_compare_strings(9) 💖✨