tb_property_create_dir(9)

✨ tb_property_create_dir ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the tb_property_create_dir(9) page from the Kernel API Manual 💖 this is the little function that spins up a brand-new property directory, and honestly? it's giving "builder energy." let's get into it 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

tb_property_create_dir — creates a new property directory ✨ (yes that's literally the whole job and she does it flawlessly)

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

struct tb_property_dir * tb_property_create_dir (const uuid_t *uuid );

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💜 ARGUMENTS 💜

• uuid — the UUID that identifies this particular directory 👑 it's the little name tag that says "hey, this dir is this dir." (and yes, uuid can be NULL, but more on that in a sec 🙈)

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🧚 DESCRIPTION 🧚

so the way this works: tb_property_create_dir creates a new, empty property directory. that's it, that's the vibe 💅 fresh out of the box, nothing in it yet, ready for you to fill her up.

but here's the plot twist — if uuid is NULL, then the directory is assumed to be the root directory 🌈 iykyk, no UUID needed when you're literally the top of the tree.

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

she hands you back a pointer to struct tb_property_dir 🫶 and if things go sideways? you get NULL in case of failure 😭 so like, always check your return value, bestie, no cap.

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💀 SEE ALSO 💀

• Kernel file ./drivers/thunderbolt/property.c
• tb_property_parse_dir(9)
• tb_property_free_dir(9)
• tb_property_format_dir(9)
• tb_property_copy_dir(9)
• tb_property_merge_dir(9)
• tb_property_add_immediate(9)
• tb_property_add_data(9)
• tb_property_add_text(9)
• tb_property_add_dir(9)
• tb_property_remove(9)
• tb_property_find(9)
• tb_property_get_next(9)

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okay that's the whole page, you ate that 🍓💅 this iconic little drop comes to you from ./drivers/thunderbolt, dated October 2026, and it's filed under tb_property_create_dir(9) — go forth and create directories, queen 👑✨