__aafs_setup_d_inode(9)

💖 NAME 💖

__aafs_setup_d_inode — the basic inode setup for apparmorfs, bestie ✨

(also hi, you're reading the Kernel API Manual, welcome to the function-call group chat 🫶)

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int __aafs_setup_d_inode (struct inode *dir , struct dentry *dentry ,
       umode_t mode , void *data , char *link , const struct file_operations
       *fops , const struct inode_operations *iops );

She's giving "lots of arguments" energy and honestly? iconic. Seven parameters, zero notes 💅

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dir — the parent directory for the dentry. like, the inode's mom, fr fr 🏠
• dentry — the dentry we are setting the inode up for. this is the main character of the whole operation 👑
• mode — the permissions the file should have. lowkey the vibe check of the file 🔐
• data — what gets stored on inode.i_private, and it's available in open. so it's a lil secret she carries with her 🙈
• link — if it's a symlink, this is the symlink target string. only for symlink girlies 🦋
• fops — the struct file_operations that should be used. the file's whole personality tbh ✨
• iops — the struct of inode_operations that should be used. more personality, inode edition 💅

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file ./security/apparmor/apparmorfs.c — and honestly the whole squad shows up here, no cap:

• mangle_name(9)
• aafs_create(9)
• aafs_create_file(9)
• aafs_create_dir(9)
• aafs_remove(9)
• aa_simple_write_to_buffer(9)
• aa_get_data_from_compressed(9)
• query_data(9)
• query_label(9)
• aa_write_access(9)
• __next_ns(9)
• __first_profile(9)
• __next_profile(9)
• next_profile(9)
• p_start(9)
• p_next(9)
• p_stop(9)
• seq_show_profile(9)
• entry_create_file(9)
• entry_create_dir(9)
• entry_remove_file(9)
• entry_remove_dir(9)
• aa_destroy_aafs(9)
• aa_create_aafs(9)

like, that's the whole friend group right there 😭💖 go read them too, iykyk

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ok that's the whole page bestie, go set up some inodes and slay 💅✨

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sign-off time 🎀 this absolute baddie of a page lives in ./security/apparmor and it was dated October 2026 — so yeah, she's from the future, we don't make the rules 🌈⭐