str_field_delimit(9)

okay so bestie, welcome to the str_field_delimit(9) page straight out of the Kernel API Manual 💅✨ this one is lowkey a tiny string-delimiting icon, and we’re gonna get into it fr fr.

🎀 NAME 🎀

str_field_delimit — delimit a string based on a separator char. periodt 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

char * str_field_delimit (char **str , char separator );

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• str — the pointer to the string to delimit. yes bestie, it’s a pointer-to-pointer situation, stay with me 🫶
• separator — a char that delimits the field 😌 the little character doing the dividing, iykyk

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so here’s the tea: it finds a separator and replaces it with ' ' — like, an actual space, no cap. then it removes leading and trailing spaces. then it returns the remainder string after the separator. that’s the whole vibe 💅✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/md/dm-init.c
• dm_parse_table_entry(9)
• dm_parse_table(9)
• dm_parse_device_entry(9)
• dm_parse_devices(9)
• dm_init_init(9)

this str_field_delimit(9) page is hanging out under ./drivers/md, and it’s dated October 2026 🎀🦋 catch u in the kernel source tree, bestie 😭💖