aa_alloc_profile(9)

✨ aa_alloc_profile(9) — Kernel API Manual, bestie edition ✨

okay so we're in the Kernel API Manual and today's main character is aa_alloc_profile(9) 💅 this one's short and sweet but like, actually important — it literally brings a brand-new profile into existence. no cap.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

aa_alloc_profile — allocate, initialize and return a new profile 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

struct aa_profile * aa_alloc_profile (const char *hname , struct
       aa_proxy *proxy , gfp_t gfp );

like yes, that's three args, and yes, you gotta pass them all. 🫶

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✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• hname — the name of the profile. and listen: it is NOT NULL. do not try it. this is not the vibe. 😭
• proxy — the proxy to use OR null if you want a brand new one allocated for you. your call, bestie 💅
• gfp — the allocation type. that's it, that's the whole thing. 🌈

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🎀 RETURN 🎀

returns a refcounted profile 🔥 — or NULL on failure, in which case, sad girl hours 😭 but at least you know.

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

this is the part where we shout out the whole friend group 🫶 the Kernel file is ./security/apparmor/policy.c, and it wants you to also go look at:

• aa_pdb_free_kref(9)
• __add_profile(9)
• __list_remove_profile(9)
• __remove_profile(9)
• __aa_profile_list_release(9)
• aa_free_data(9)
• aa_free_profile(9)
• __strn_find_child(9)
• __find_child(9)
• aa_find_child(9)
• __lookup_parent(9)
• __create_missing_ancestors(9)
• __lookupn_profile(9)
• aa_lookupn_profile(9)
• __aa_new_learning_profile(9)
• replacement_allowed(9)
• audit_policy(9)
• aa_policy_view_capable(9)
• aa_may_manage_policy(9)
• __replace_profile(9)
• __lookup_replace(9)
• aa_replace_profiles(9)
• aa_remove_profiles(9)

like that's the whole group chat, screenshot it 📸

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ngl this page is short because the function just does its little job and slays. allocate, initialize, return. iconic behaviour, no notes. ⭐

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and that's a wrap, bestie 💖 this one came from ./security/apparmor and it's dated October 2026 — so yeah, fresh off the press. mwah 🍓🧚💜