tomoyo_check...h_number_acl(9)
π tomoyo_check_path_number_acl(9) β like, the whole vibe
okay so bestie, buckle up π this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, section 9 (that's the kernel developer corner of the manual universe, iykyk). And yes the header up there got a little cut off β it lowkey reads tomoyo_check...h_number_acl(9) β but the main character here is fully tomoyo_check_path_number_acl. Let's get into it π
β¨ NAME β¨
tomoyo_check_path_number_acl β checks the permission for a path number operation. that's it, that's the whole gig π«Ά
πΈ SYNOPSIS πΈ
bool tomoyo_check_path_number_acl (struct tomoyo_request_info *r , const
struct tomoyo_acl_info *ptr );
π¦ ARGUMENTS π¦
rβ a pointer to"struct tomoyo_request_info"β¨ (the request info, in case that wasn't obvious, which honestly valid)ptrβ a pointer to"struct tomoyo_acl_info"π (the ACL info, the moment we've all been waiting for)
π DESCRIPTION π
Returns true if it's granted, and false if it's not. literally that simple, no cap π no side quests, no plot twists β just a bool doing bool things π
π SEE ALSO π
first up, the file this lives in: Kernel file ./security/tomoyo/file.c π β the mothership π§
then, the whole friend group (and it's a big friend group, we love a social butterfly):
tomoyo_put_name_union(9)tomoyo_compare_name_union(9)tomoyo_put_number_union(9)tomoyo_compare_number_union(9)tomoyo_add_slash(9)tomoyo_get_realpath(9)tomoyo_audit_path_log(9)tomoyo_audit_path2_log(9)tomoyo_audit_mkdev_log(9)tomoyo_audit_path_number_log(9)tomoyo_check_path_acl(9)tomoyo_check_path2_acl(9)tomoyo_check_mkdev_acl(9)tomoyo_same_path_acl(9)tomoyo_merge_path_acl(9)tomoyo_update_path_acl(9)tomoyo_same_mkdev_acl(9)tomoyo_merge_mkdev_acl(9)tomoyo_update_mkdev_acl(9)tomoyo_same_path2_acl(9)tomoyo_merge_path2_acl(9)tomoyo_update_path2_acl(9)tomoyo_path_permission(9)tomoyo_execute_permission(9)tomoyo_same_path_number_acl(9)tomoyo_merge_path_number_acl(9)tomoyo_update_path_number_acl(9)tomoyo_path_number_perm(9)tomoyo_check_open_permission(9)tomoyo_path_perm(9)tomoyo_mkdev_perm(9)tomoyo_path2_perm(9)tomoyo_same_mount_acl(9)tomoyo_update_mount_acl(9)tomoyo_write_file(9)
like, that's the entire group chat right there π₯ go read them, they all ate π
ok tiny reality check bestie π β that's genuinely everything this page says. no hidden lore, no extra options hiding in the back. the whole function is one bool and one vibe check. π
and that's the page!! sign-off time π this lil beauty lives under the path ./security/tomoyo, it's dated October 2026 β, it's manual section 9, and the header/footer both spell out tomoyo_check...h_number_acl(9) for reasons known only to whoever generated it ππ bye bestie, go check those ACLs π
π¦ where this page comes from
- nixpkgs unstable: linux-manual 7.3.1
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms