trace_find_filtered_pid(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

πŸ’… trace_find_filtered_pid(9) πŸ’…

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ this one's a kernel function page and it's honestly so useful β€” it's trace_find_filtered_pid, and no I will not be pronouncing all of that out loud 🫢


🌸 NAME 🌸

trace_find_filtered_pid β€” check if a pid exists in a filtered_pid list πŸ‘‘

like that's literally the whole job. it checks. it tells you yes or no. main character energy fr fr πŸ’–


✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

bool trace_find_filtered_pid (struct trace_pid_list *filtered_pids ,
pid_t search_pid );

bool in, bool out β€” we love a function that knows what it is πŸ’…


πŸŽ€ ARGUMENTS πŸŽ€

  • filtered_pids β€” the list of pids you're gonna check, bestie. this is the haystack 🌾
  • search_pid β€” the PID you're hunting for inside filtered_pids. this is the needle πŸͺ‘

πŸ¦‹ DESCRIPTION πŸ¦‹

so here's the vibe check: it returns true if search_pid is found in filtered_pids, and false otherwise ✨

that's it. that's the whole thing. no cap. truthy = found, falsy = not found, and honestly? iconic behavior 🌈


πŸ’œ SEE ALSO πŸ’œ

like a little friend group of tracing functions, and they all ate πŸ’…πŸ”₯


and that's the page!! πŸŽ€ source/version is ./kernel/trace and the date on this one is October 2026 β€” so it's giving cozy-autumn-kernel-docs vibes πŸ“ mwah, go read the actual kernel source now, ily, bye πŸ§šπŸ’–

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