tomoyo_scan_transition(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 tomoyo_scan_transition — a lil peek inside the Kernel API Manual (section 9, bestie, kernel-land) 🎀

okay so picture this: you're deep in TOMOYO land and you need to figure out whether a specific domain transition type is even in the building. That's this function. It's giving "bouncer at the club checking the list" energy 🔥

✨ NAME ✨

tomoyo_scan_transition — literally just tryna find one specific domain transition type. That's it. That's the whole job. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

bool tomoyo_scan_transition (const struct list_head *list , const struct
tomoyo_path_info *domainname , const struct tomoyo_path_info *program ,
const char *last_name , const enum tomoyo_transition_type type );

no cap, that's the signature. copy it exactly, she's sensitive 🫶

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • list — Pointer to struct list_head. yes bestie the actual list we're rummaging through 🧚
  • domainname — The name of current domain. like, where we are right now ✨
  • program — The name of requested program. the one we're looking for 👀
  • last_name — The last component of domainname. just the tail end of it, iykyk 💜
  • type — One of values in enum tomoyo_transition_type. pick your fighter from the enum 🌈

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Returns true if found one, false otherwise. boom. that's the whole vibe check ✅❌

Caller holds tomoyo_read_lock. like — not optional, bestie, you gotta be holding it already. don't come in here empty-handed 😭🔒

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./security/tomoyo/domain.c — and honestly the whole friend group shows up here:

like, the entire squad 💀👯‍♀️ go read all of them fr fr.

ok that's the page!! sourced straight from ./security/tomoyo, dated October 2026, and she lives at tomoyo_scan_transition(9) 🎀✨ mwah, go read some kernel code bestie, you got this 💖🦋
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