parameqn(9)

✨ parameqn — checks if two parameter names match ✨

okay so bestie, this is parameqn from the Kernel API Manual, and it's literally the length-limited version of parameq. think of it as the vibe check for parameter names 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

bool parameqn (const char *name1 , const char *name2 , size_t n );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• name1 — the first parameter name, the one on the left of the comparison 🫶
• name2 — the second parameter name, the one on the right 🫶
• n — how many characters you wanna compare, bestie. the length. the limit. the cutoff. ✂️

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so it's basically parameq, except — and this is the whole thing — it compares n characters. that's it, that's the girl. like parameq but with a character budget, no cap 🔥

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

it gives you back true if the first n characters of the two parameter names are equal 💖

and the iconic detail: dashes (-) are considered equal to underscores (_) ✨ so don't come for her about the punctuation, she does not care, they're the same to her 😌

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• the kernel file ./include/linux/moduleparam.h — that's where she lives 🏠
• module_param(9)
• module_param_unsafe(9)
• module_param_named(9)
• module_param_named_unsafe(9)
• module_param_cb(9)
• core_param_cb(9)
• postcore_param_cb(9)
• arch_param_cb(9)
• subsys_param_cb(9)
• fs_param_cb(9)
• device_param_cb(9)
• late_param_cb(9)
• core_param(9)
• core_param_unsafe(9)
• __core_param_cb(9)
• module_param_string(9)
• parameq(9)
• module_param_array(9)
• module_param_array_named(9)
• module_param_hw_named(9)
• module_param_hw_array(9)

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ngl that's a whole friend group up there and she's literally related to every single one of them 👑

and that's the whole page, bestie! 🎀 written up from ./include/linux in October 2026 — mwah, love u, go read parameq(9) next 💜✨🦋