tb_path_activate(9)

✨ tb_path_activate(9) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for tb_path_activate(9) — yes the (9) is real, that's the section number, we stay cunty AND correct 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

tb_path_activate — activate a path. that's it. that's the whole vibe ✨

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int tb_path_activate (struct tb_path *path );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• path — the path to activate. like, the actual path object you're bringing to life. she's the main character here 👑

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so what does it do? it activates a path starting with the first hop and ending on the last hop. first to last, start to finish, no detours, iconic behavior fr fr.

⚠️ important bestie: the caller must fill in path->hops before calling tb_path_activate. like you gotta do your homework before the glow-up, no cap. if you skip that part, that's on you 😭

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🔥 RETURN 🔥

• 0 on success 🎉 slay
• a negative errno otherwise 💀 that's your signal that something went sideways

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

kernel file ./drivers/thunderbolt/path.c — plus these absolute legends:

• tb_path_discover(9)
• tb_path_alloc(9)
• tb_path_free(9)
• tb_path_deactivate_hop(9)
• tb_path_is_invalid(9)
• tb_path_port_on_path(9)

like a little friend group of functions, love that for them 🫶

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and that's the page!! signed, sealed, delivered from ./drivers/thunderbolt, dated October 2026, and yeah the footer still says tb_path_activate(9) because she contains multitudes 💜🧚