tomoyo_del_address_group(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 tomoyo_del_address_group(9) — bestie edition

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and today's main character is tomoyo_del_address_group(9). yes it's a function, yes it's in the kernel, and yes we're gonna understand it together 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

tomoyo_del_address_group — the girl whose whole job is deleting members in "struct tomoyo_address_group". that's it, that's the gig 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void tomoyo_del_address_group (struct list_head *element );

like look at her. returns void, takes one struct list_head *. simple. elegant. iconic.

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • element — Pointer to "struct list_head". that's the whole vibe, she just wants a pointer to a struct list_head and she'll handle the rest 🦋

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Returns nothing.

not me hyping up a function whose entire documented behaviour is "returns nothing" 😭 but fr fr that's the tea — it's a void function, it returns nothing, no cap, no secret return value hiding in the back. the deletion happens, the return value does not. periodt ✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

bestie the friend group is LARGE and we love every single one of them. they all live in the kernel file ./security/tomoyo/gc.c:

lowkey if you're reading this page you're probably deep in the TOMOYO garbage collector and honestly? respect. go read the whole del_* squad, they all ate 🔥

and that's the whole page, mwah 💋 this cutie dropped from ./security/tomoyo back in October 2026, and it's filed under tomoyo_del_address_group(9) if you ever need to find her again. slay, go free some memory 🧚💜

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