tomoyo_get_dentry_path(9)

🦋 tomoyo_get_dentry_path(9) — Kernel API Manual 💅

✨ NAME ✨

tomoyo_get_dentry_path — get the path of a dentry. that’s the whole vibe, bestie. 💖

📜 SYNOPSIS 📜

char * tomoyo_get_dentry_path (struct dentry *dentry , char * const
buffer , const int buflen );

🧚 ARGUMENTS 🧚

okay so there are three inputs, and yes, every single one is doing something:

• dentry — pointer to struct dentry. like, the dentry in question 💅
• buffer — pointer to the buffer to return the value in. that’s where the result goes, bestie ✨
• buflen — Sizeof buffer. literally the size of the buffer 🎀

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

here’s the tea: it returns the buffer on success, and an error code otherwise. periodt. 💖

and if dentry is a directory, a trailing '/' is appended. yes, the slash gets added at the end. 🌸

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

bestie, go peek at the kernel file ./security/tomoyo/realpath.c and these related manual pages too:

• tomoyo_encode2(9)
• tomoyo_encode(9)
• tomoyo_get_absolute_path(9)
• tomoyo_get_local_path(9)
• tomoyo_realpath_from_path(9)
• tomoyo_realpath_nofollow(9)

and that’s the page, bestie 🎀 source/version: ./security/tomoyo · date: October 2026 · manual page: tomoyo_get_dentry_path(9) ✨💅