__aa_find_or_create_ns(9)

✨ __aa_find_or_create_ns(9) ✨

okay so bestie, this is from the Kernel API Manual, and the function is literally __aa_find_or_create_ns — it's giving “create an ns, fail if it already exists” energy. 🦋

🌸 NAME 🌸

__aa_find_or_create_ns — create an ns, fail if it already exists. no cap, that's the whole vibe. 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

struct aa_ns * __aa_find_or_create_ns (struct aa_ns *parent , const char
       *name , struct dentry *dir );

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• parent — the parent of the namespace being created. 👑
• name — the name of the namespace. 🎀
• dir — if it's not null, this is the dir to put the ns entries in. 🗂️

🔥 RETURN 🔥

You get back the a refcounted ns that has been add or an ERR_PTR. That's the return, bestie — iconic wording, honestly. 😭

🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

Kernel file ./security/apparmor/policy_ns.c — go read it, iykyk:

• aa_ns_visible(9)
• aa_ns_name(9)
• alloc_ns(9)
• aa_free_ns(9)
• __aa_lookupn_ns(9)
• aa_lookupn_ns(9)
• aa_prepare_ns(9)
• destroy_ns(9)
• __aa_remove_ns(9)
• __ns_list_release(9)
• aa_alloc_root_ns(9)

mwah 💋 — source/version: ./security/apparmor; date: October 2026; icon: __aa_find_or_create_ns(9). periodt. 🫶