tomoyo_path_matches_group(9)

💅 tomoyo_path_matches_group ✨

ok so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual, section 9 — yes we're in the kernel kernel, put your hair up, we're doing TOMOYO security module things 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

tomoyo_path_matches_group — the little function that checks whether the pathname you handed it matches any of the members of the pathname group you also handed it. like a vibe check, but for paths 💖

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

const struct tomoyo_path_info * tomoyo_path_matches_group (const struct
tomoyo_path_info *pathname , const struct tomoyo_group *group );

no cap, that's the whole signature, copy it exactly bestie 🫶

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👑 ARGUMENTS 👑

• pathname — the name of the pathname. (yes, the manpage literally says "The name of pathname." and honestly? iconic, we're keeping it 💅)
• group — a pointer to "struct tomoyo_path_group". that's your group, your squad, your pathname group 🔥

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⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

okay so here's the tea ☕ — this function returns the matched member's pathname if pathname matches pathnames in group... and returns NULL otherwise. that's it, that's the whole personality 🦋

and the important bit, the caller holds tomoyo_read_lock — that's on you, bestie, this function is not grabbing that lock for you, so don't come crying to me when it goes sideways 😭🙈

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./security/tomoyo/group.c
• tomoyo_same_path_group(9)
• tomoyo_same_number_group(9)
• tomoyo_same_address_group(9)
• tomoyo_write_group(9)
• tomoyo_number_matches_group(9)
• tomoyo_address_matches_group(9)

go read those too, iykyk 💜

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lowkey reminder: NULL means no match, not an error, so check your return value before you do anything main-character with it 🧚

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! mwah 💋 this one's from the ./security/tomoyo source tree, dated October 2026, and it lives at tomoyo_path_matches_group(9) — see u in the next manpage, slay 🎀✨💖