xbc_node_find_value(9)

💅 xbc_node_find_value(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual entry you actually wanna read 🎀

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ — yes the whole manual — and today's main character is xbc_node_find_value(9). it finds stuff. it returns strings. it's giving search-engine-but-make-it-bootconfig. let's go 🦋

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✨ NAME ✨

xbc_node_find_value — find a value node which matches given key 🔍💖

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

const char * xbc_node_find_value (struct xbc_node *parent , const char
*key , struct xbc_node **vnode );

literally that's the whole vibe. one function, three args, zero drama ✨

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• parent — an XBC node 🫶 like, the node we're poking around under in the first place.
• key — a key string 🔑 the thing we're hunting for.
• vnode — a container pointer of found XBC node 📦 that's where the found node gets dropped off.

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👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

so here's the tea ☕: this bad boy searches a value node under parent whose (parent) key node matches key, stores it in *vnode, and returns the value string. periodt 💅

and like, plot twist — the key can contain several words jointed with '.' 👀 yes, dotted keys, we love a compound key moment 🦋

if parent is NULL, this searches the node from whole tree 🌳 (yes, the whole tree, main character energy fr fr).

return the value string if a matched key found ✨ return NULL if no node is matched 😭

⚠️ okay but listen — heads up bestie: this returns a 0-length string and stores NULL in *vnode if the key has no value. no cap, that's just how it is 🙈

and also 👏 it will return the value of the first entry if the value is an array. first one ate and left no crumbs 🍓

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

kernel file ./lib/bootconfig.c and, like, the whole friend group 💕:

xbc_prepend_embedded_cmdline(9), xbc_embedded_cmdline_applied(9), bootconfig_cmdline_requested(9), xbc_get_info(9), xbc_root_node(9), xbc_node_index(9), xbc_node_get_parent(9), xbc_node_get_child(9), xbc_node_get_next(9), xbc_node_get_data(9), xbc_node_find_subkey(9), xbc_node_compose_key_after(9), xbc_node_find_next_leaf(9), xbc_node_find_next_key_value(9), xbc_snprint_cmdline(9), _xbc_exit(9), xbc_init(9)

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that's the whole page, you're so welcome 🫶 bye bestie, go read some bootconfig 💖✨🎀🦋🌸💅

sign-off szn 🧚: this lil masterpiece lives in ./lib, dated October 2026, and it's filed under xbc_node_find_value(9) — iykyk ⭐💜