__aa_get_label(9)

✨ NAME ✨

Okay bestie, welcome to __aa_get_label(9) from the Kernel API Manual 💖 This one is all about getting a reference count to an uncounted label reference. That's the whole vibe — short, sweet, and lowkey important 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct aa_label * __aa_get_label (struct aa_label *l );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• l — reference to get a count on. Slay, that's it 💅

🎀 RETURN 🎀

It gives you back a pointer to reference OR NULL if the race is lost and the reference is being repeated. No cap, both outcomes are on the table 😭

Requires: lock held, and the return code MUST be checked. Like, fr fr, do not skip the check bestie 🚨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./security/apparmor/include/label.h and the iconic crew: aa_get_label_rcu(9), aa_get_newest_label(9), aa_get_newest_label_condref(9) 🫶

Source/version: ./security/apparmor/include · date: October 2026 · page: __aa_get_label(9) — bye bestie, go check that return code and slay your kernel journey 💅✨👑