tomoyo_try_to_gc(9)

💅 tomoyo_try_to_gc(9) — like, the whole Kernel API Manual energy, bestie ✨

okay so picture this: it's a kernel function, it lives in the Kernel API Manual, and its entire personality is "try to kfree() an entry" 💖. That's the vibe. That's the gig. Let's get into it 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

tomoyo_try_to_gc — bestie's whole job is to try to kfree() an entry 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void tomoyo_try_to_gc (const enum tomoyo_policy_id type , struct
list_head *element );

like, look at her. void return, two args, no notes 👑

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• type — one of the values in "enum tomoyo_policy_id". iykyk 🌈
• element — a pointer to "struct list_head". literally just a pointer, no cap 💅

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💀 DESCRIPTION 💀

Returns nothing. that's it. that's the whole return value situation, she gives you nothing back and honestly? iconic 🙈

⚠️ the caller holds the tomoyo_policy_lock mutex. like, you hold it. not her. this is a you problem, bestie, so don't come crying to me 😭

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

kernel file ./security/tomoyo/gc.c — and then the whole friend group, fr fr:

• tomoyo_memory_free(9)
• tomoyo_struct_used_by_io_buffer(9)
• tomoyo_name_used_by_io_buffer(9)
• tomoyo_del_transition_control(9)
• tomoyo_del_aggregator(9)
• tomoyo_del_manager(9)
• tomoyo_del_acl(9)
• tomoyo_del_domain(9)
• tomoyo_del_condition(9)
• tomoyo_del_name(9)
• tomoyo_del_path_group(9)
• tomoyo_del_group(9)
• tomoyo_del_address_group(9)
• tomoyo_del_number_group(9)
• tomoyo_collect_member(9)
• tomoyo_collect_acl(9)
• tomoyo_collect_entry(9)
• tomoyo_gc_thread(9)
• tomoyo_notify_gc(9)

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and that's the post 🧚 coming at you straight from ./security/tomoyo, dated October 2026, the tomoyo_try_to_gc(9) chapter of the Kernel API Manual — slay, mwah 💋⭐