match_one(9)

🦋 match_one(9) 🦋

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — this page is all about match_one, and it's literally the moment a string and a pattern find out if they're a match. no cap. 💖

✨ NAME ✨

match_one — determines if a string matches a simple pattern. periodt. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int match_one (char *s , const char *p , substring_t args[] );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• s — the string you’re examining for the presence of the pattern. 👀
• p — the string that contains the pattern. 🧚
• args — array of MAX_OPT_ARGS substring_t elements. it’s used to return match locations. 📍

💫 DESCRIPTION 💫

so it determines if the pattern p is present in string s. that’s the whole plot. 🫶

it can only match extremely simple token=arg style patterns — like, do not expect it to do the most. 🙈

if the pattern is found, the location(s) of the arguments will be returned in the args array. iconic behavior, honestly. ✨

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

kernel file ./lib/parser.c — plus the whole match crew, and yes, we’re listing every single one:

• match_token(9)
• match_number(9)
• match_u64int(9)
• match_int(9)
• match_uint(9)
• match_u64(9)
• match_octal(9)
• match_hex(9)
• match_wildcard(9)
• match_strlcpy(9)
• match_strdup(9)

🫶 okay that’s the page, bestie — this cutie signs off from source path ./lib, dated October 2026, still serving match_one(9) energy. mwah. 💋💖