aa_policy_init(9)

💅 aa_policy_init(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual page you actually wanna read 🎀

okay so bestie, gather round 🌸 this one's a kernel API manual page (yes, that Kernel API Manual), and it's about aa_policy_init — literally the function that gets a policy structure all set up and ready to slay. it's short, it's sweet, and it's giving "small but crucial," so let's go 💖

✨ NAME ✨

aa_policy_init — initialize a policy structure 🫶

🌈 SYNOPSIS 🌈

bool aa_policy_init (struct aa_policy *policy , const char *prefix ,
       const char *name , gfp_t gfp );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• policy — the policy you want to initialize. this one is NOT NULL fr fr, no skipping it 🙈
• prefix — a prefix name, but only if one is required. this one is MAYBE NULL, so it's flexible like that ✨
• name — the name of the policy. init is gonna make a copy of it, so don't worry about it wandering off 👑 NOT NULL tho, that part's non-negotiable.
• gfp — the allocation mode. that's the vibe for how memory gets grabbed 💜

🎀 NOTE 🎀

this fn creates a copy of the strings passed in 🫶 yes bestie, it's making its own little copies — that's just the kind of main character energy we're working with here 💅

⭐ RETURN ⭐

returns true if the policy init was successful 🌟 (so like, a happy little boolean, iconic)

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Kernel file ./security/apparmor/lib.c
• val_mask_to_str(9)
• aa_destroy_str_table(9)
• skipn_spaces(9)
• aa_info_message(9)
• aa_perm_mask_to_str(9)
• aa_apply_modes_to_perms(9)
• aa_check_perms(9)
• aa_policy_destroy(9)

and that's the whole page, bestie, you ate that 🍓 ok so this little baddie lives over in ./security/apparmor and it's dated October 2026 — so mark your calendars, mwah 💋✨🧚