tomoyo_commit_condition(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 tomoyo_commit_condition(9) — Kernel API Manual, but make it cute

okay bestie, so this one's from the Kernel API Manual and it's called tomoyo_commit_condition(9) — like, that's the whole vibe. it's giving "small function, big responsibilities" ngl 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

tomoyo_commit_condition — commit "struct tomoyo_condition". that's it, that's the job. no cap 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct tomoyo_condition * tomoyo_commit_condition (struct
tomoyo_condition *entry );

literally just one function, one argument, one pointer coming back at you. she's lowkey elegant 🦋

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • entry — a pointer to "struct tomoyo_condition". that's the thing you're handing over, bestie. hold it gently 🫶

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so here's the tea ☕ — on success you get a pointer back to "struct tomoyo_condition", and otherwise you get NULL. that's the whole deal. main character energy, minimal dialogue.

but wait, there's more, because this function also merges duplicated entries. iconic behavior honestly. it's out here doing deduplication like a little fairy 🧚

and the plot twist 😭 — this function returns NULL if entry is not duplicated but the memory quota for policy has exceeded. so yeah, NULL can mean two totally different things. read the room, check the quota, iykyk 💀

fr fr, don't just assume NULL means "duplicate" — it might mean your policy memory quota said "no ma'am" 🚫

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the kernel file is ./security/tomoyo/condition.c — that's where all the lore lives 📖 and then the whole friend group shows up:

like, the entire tomoyo squad. read them in order or don't, we don't gatekeep ⭐

🌈 sign-off 🌈

this page lives in ./security/tomoyo, dated October 2026, and its whole identity is tomoyo_commit_condition(9). go forth and commit your conditions, bestie — slay 💅✨👑

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