die_compare_name(9)

💅 die_compare_name — the kernel manual, but make it group chat

okay so bestie, this is die_compare_name(9) from the Kernel API Manual and it's honestly a tiny little function with main character energy. let's get into it 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

die_compare_name — compare diename and tname. that's it. that's the whole vibe check ✨

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

bool die_compare_name (Dwarf_Die *dw_die , const char *tname );

literally just two args and a bool coming back at you 💅

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• dw_die — a DIE. yes, that kind of DIE. the debug info kind. no cap 🧚
• tname — a string of target name, aka the name you're trying to match against 👑

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⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

So what it does is compare the name of dw_die and tname. That's the whole assignment, and it ate 🔥

Important bestie: it returns false if dw_die has no name. so no name = no match, periodt. don't come for it, it's just being honest 😭

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole friend group shows up here, no one gets left on read 💖 and just so you know the kernel file behind this is ./tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.c:

• cu_find_realpath(9)
• cu_get_comp_dir(9)
• cu_find_lineinfo(9)
• cu_walk_functions_at(9)
• die_get_linkage_name(9)
• die_match_name(9)
• die_get_call_lineno(9)
• die_get_type(9)
• die_get_real_type(9)
• die_get_pointer_type(9)
• die_is_signed_type(9)
• die_is_func_def(9)
• die_entrypc(9)
• die_is_func_instance(9)
• die_get_data_member_location(9)
• die_get_call_file(9)
• die_get_decl_file(9)
• die_find_child(9)
• die_find_tailfunc(9)
• die_find_realfunc(9)
• die_find_top_inlinefunc(9)
• die_find_inlinefunc(9)
• die_find_func_rettype(9)
• die_walk_instances(9)
• die_walk_lines(9)
• die_find_variable_at(9)
• die_find_member(9)
• die_get_typename_from_type(9)
• die_get_typename(9)
• die_get_varname(9)
• die_get_var_innermost_scope(9)
• die_get_var_range(9)
• is_breg_access_indirect(9)
• die_find_variable_by_reg(9)
• die_find_variable_by_addr(9)
• die_collect_vars(9)
• die_collect_global_vars(9)
• die_get_cfa(9)
• die_get_scopes(9)
• die_get_member_type(9)
• die_deref_ptr_type(9)

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and that's the whole page, bestie 💜 this one lives in ./tools/perf/util and it's dated October 2026 — go off, iconic little manpage, mwah 🎀💅✨