tomoyo_str_starts(9)

🦋 tomoyo_str_starts(9) — Kernel API Manual 🦋

okay bestie, welcome to tomoyo_str_starts(9) from the Kernel API Manual ✨ this one is short but iconic, fr fr.

💖 NAME 💖

tomoyo_str_starts — check whether the given string starts with the given keyword. simple. clean. main character energy 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

bool tomoyo_str_starts (char **src , const char *find );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• src — pointer to pointer to the string.
• find — pointer to the keyword.

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so this function does a little vibe check on strings 🫶 it returns true if src starts with find, and false otherwise.

and here's the lil plot twist — if src does start with find, then src is updated to point to the first character after the find. slay 💅 that's literally the whole move.

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file: ./security/tomoyo/util.c

the whole SEE ALSO squad, in order, no cap:

• tomoyo_convert_time(9)
• tomoyo_permstr(9)
• tomoyo_read_token(9)
• tomoyo_get_domainname(9)
• tomoyo_parse_ulong(9)
• tomoyo_print_ulong(9)
• tomoyo_parse_name_union(9)
• tomoyo_parse_number_union(9)
• tomoyo_byte_range(9)
• tomoyo_alphabet_char(9)
• tomoyo_make_byte(9)
• tomoyo_valid(9)
• tomoyo_invalid(9)
• tomoyo_normalize_line(9)
• tomoyo_correct_word2(9)
• tomoyo_correct_word(9)
• tomoyo_correct_path2(9)
• tomoyo_correct_path(9)
• tomoyo_correct_domain(9)
• tomoyo_domain_def(9)
• tomoyo_find_domain(9)
• tomoyo_const_part_length(9)
• tomoyo_fill_path_info(9)
• tomoyo_file_matches_pattern2(9)
• tomoyo_file_matches_pattern(9)
• tomoyo_path_matches_pattern2(9)
• tomoyo_path_matches_pattern(9)
• tomoyo_get_exe(9)
• tomoyo_get_mode(9)
• tomoyo_init_request_info(9)
• tomoyo_domain_quota_is_ok(9)

okay bye bestie 🫶 this page lives under the ./security/tomoyo source/version, dated October 2026, and it's literally the tomoyo_str_starts(9) manual page. mwah 💋✨