aa_get_profile_not0(9)

✨ NAME ✨

aa_get_profile_not0 — increment refcount on profile @p found via lookup 💅

Okay so this is the aa_get_profile_not0(9) page from the Kernel API Manual, and we are gonna read it together like the iconic little kernel besties we are 🫶✨

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct aa_profile * aa_get_profile_not0 (struct aa_profile *p );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• p — profile (MAYBE NULL) 🫶

💅 RETURN 💅

Returns a pointer to p; if p is NULL, it will return NULL 😭

Requires: p must be held with a valid refcount when called. No cap, that part matters 🔥

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file ./security/apparmor/include/policy.h — plus these absolute icons:

• aa_get_pdb(9)
• aa_put_pdb(9)
• aa_get_newest_profile(9)
• aa_get_profile(9)
• aa_get_profile_rcu(9)
• aa_put_profile(9)

Cute little sign-off: source path ./security/apparmor/include, dated October 2026, for aa_get_profile_not0(9) 💖✨