softleaf_is_...rivate_write(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 softleaf_is_device_private_write(9) — the kernel API glow-up

okay so first things first, bestie: this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and the function we're obsessing over today is softleaf_is_device_private_write. Yes the header abbreviates it as softleaf_is_...rivate_write(9) because man page headers are dramatic like that. Anyway. Let's get into it. ✨

🌸 NAME

softleaf_is_device_private_write — literally just answers the question: is this leaf entry a device private writable entry? That's it. That's the whole vibe check. 🎀

💖 SYNOPSIS

bool softleaf_is_device_private_write (softleaf_t entry );

🦋 ARGUMENTS

  • entry — the leaf entry you're interrogating. just one. hand it over and let the function do its thing 🫶

✨ RETURN

Returns true if the leaf entry is a device private writable entry.

Otherwise it returns false. no in-between, no "it's complicated", just a clean bool moment. 💅

👑 SEE ALSO

bestie there is a whole friend group here, and I'm not leaving anyone out. all of these live in the Kernel file ./include/linux/leafops.h:

like. that's the entire group chat. read them all, they're all valid. 🌈

ngl the only thing you actually have to remember is: one argument, one bool, no cap. 💯

and that's the page!! this one came out of ./include/linux, dated October 2026, and yes the footer is still out here spelling it softleaf_is_...rivate_write(9) — iconic consistency, we stan. mwah 💋🌸

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