tb_tunnel_is_invalid(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 tb_tunnel_is_invalid(9) — the Kernel API Manual moment

okay so bestie, welcome to tb_tunnel_is_invalid, straight out of the Kernel API Manual ✨ this is a tiny little function but she's doing her thing, and we're gonna get into it.

🌸 NAME

tb_tunnel_is_invalid — check whether an activated path is still valid 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS

bool tb_tunnel_is_invalid (struct tb_tunnel *tunnel );

that's it. that's the whole vibe check. she takes one pointer and hands you back a bool. iconic behavior, no notes 💅

🎀 ARGUMENTS

  • tunnel — the tunnel you want to check, bestie. that's the whole thing. hand her the tunnel and she'll look at it 👑

🦋 RETURN

Returns true if the path is valid, false otherwise.

okay so not me noticing the name literally says invalid while the RETURN section says true means valid 😭 i'm just the messenger, i'm reading the page exactly as it's written, do not come for me 🙈 the manpage says what it says, fr fr.

🌈 SEE ALSO

the kernel file lives at ./drivers/thunderbolt/tunnel.c and honestly she runs with a whole entourage — here's the full squad, no cap:

like, twenty-one whole siblings. main character energy runs in the family apparently 👑

and that's the whole page, bestie!! no more tea, she's short and sweet 🍓 this lil' cutie came from ./drivers/thunderbolt, dated October 2026, and you can find her filed under tb_tunnel_is_invalid(9) 🧚💜 byeee slay ✨

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