strfilter__compare(9)

💖 NAME 💖

From the Kernel API Manual (section 9, obviously): strfilter__compare — compare given string and a string filter. That’s the whole vibe: one string, one filter, let’s see if they match 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

bool strfilter__compare (struct strfilter *filter , const char *str );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• filter — String filter. The rulebook/pattern thing you’re checking against, bestie.
• str — target string. The string that’s getting compared, fr fr.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Okay so strfilter__compare compares str and filter. It returns true if the str match the rule. That’s it — no cap, iconic, and extremely to the point 🫶

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./tools/perf/util/strfilter.h — plus the bestie functions strfilter__new(9), strfilter__or(9), strfilter__delete(9), and strfilter__string(9). Go say hi, iykyk 💜

okay that’s the whole page, bestie! 💖 it’s from the ./tools/perf/util source/version corner, dated October 2026, and it’s literally strfilter__compare(9) — bye, slay, periodt! 🎀