softleaf_is_guard_marker(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 softleaf_is_guard_marker(9) — like, is this leaf entry a guard region marker or nah?

okay so real talk, we're in the Kernel API Manual, section 9 (the kernel-functions girlies ✨), and today's main character is softleaf_is_guard_marker. She's a little bool-returning bestie whose whole job is answering one (1) question about a leaf entry. That's it. That's the gig. And honestly? She ate. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

softleaf_is_guard_marker — is this leaf entry a guard region marker? like, genuinely asking 🧐

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

bool softleaf_is_guard_marker (softleaf_t entry );

she takes one thing and gives you back a bool, no cap, that's the whole vibe 🦋

🍓 ARGUMENTS 🍓

  • entry — the leaf entry. that's the one. the entry in question. the leaf entry she's gonna look at 👀🍃

💖 RETURN 💖

  • true — yup, this leaf entry is a guard marker. slay ✅
  • false — nope, it's not a guard marker. better luck next time bestie 🙈

(and that's literally it — it's true if the leaf entry is a guard marker, otherwise false. no surprises, no plot twists, just a clean little boolean 💅)

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay this is the part where she tags literally everyone in the group chat. the kernel file to go look at is ./include/linux/leafops.h — that's home base 🏠 — and here's the whole friend group, every single one, no leaving anyone on read:

like, go read them. they're iconic. iykyk 📚💜

ngl bestie, she's a pure little predicate — no side effects, no drama, just vibes and a bool. but if you're ever unsure what a leaf entry actually is, go read ./include/linux/leafops.h before you come for her 💀

okay that's the whole page!! mwah 🫶 this came from ./include/linux, dated October 2026, and she's softleaf_is_guard_marker(9) forever and always. periodt. 👑✨

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