aa_profile_snxprint(9)

💅 aa_profile_snxprint(9) 💅

okay so bestie, this is a page from the Kernel API Manual — section 9, kernel API, yes we're in that part of the manual. and the star of the show is aa_profile_snxprint, which lowkey just prints a profile name into a buffer. that's it. that's the whole vibe. but we're gonna do it correctly, so stay with me 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int aa_profile_snxprint (char *str , size_t size , struct aa_ns *view ,
struct aa_profile *profile , int flags , struct aa_ns **prev_ns );

look at that signature. six arguments. she's got range 💅

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• str — the buffer you're writing into. and like... it MAY BE NULL — but ONLY if size == 0. those two are a package deal, no exceptions, iykyk.
• size — how big that buffer is. that's the whole assignment.
• view — the namespace the profile is being viewed from. perspective matters, periodt.
• profile — the profile you're viewing. and this one is NOT NULL. like, not optional at all. non-negotiable, bestie. do not pass NULL 😭
• flags — controls whether to include the mode string. that's literally what it decides, nothing more mysterious than that ✨
• prev_ns — the last namespace printed, used when this is part of a compound print. it's the "remember where we were" slot 🔥

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🌈 RETURN 🌈

returns the size of the name written — or the size that would have been written if it's larger than the available buffer. so like, if your buffer is too small, you still find out exactly how much room you needed. she's thoughtful like that 💖

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🦋 NOTE 🦋

will not print anything if the profile is not visible 👀

that's it. not visible = nothing printed. no sneaky output, no partial vibes. invisible is invisible, bestie.

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🌸 SEE ALSO 🌸

and now... the moment you've all been waiting for. the entire friend group, and yes every single one of them gets a shoutout because we do not do "and others" on this page 💅

kernel file ./security/apparmor/label.c, plus:

ns_cmp(9), profile_cmp(9), vec_cmp(9), aa_vec_unique(9), aa_label_alloc(9), label_cmp(9), __aa_label_next_not_in_set(9), aa_label_is_subset(9), aa_label_is_unconfined_subset(9), __label_remove(9), __label_replace(9), __label_insert(9), __vec_find(9), __label_find(9), aa_label_remove(9), aa_label_replace(9), vec_find(9), aa_label_insert(9), aa_label_next_in_merge(9), label_merge_cmp(9), label_merge_insert(9), labelset_of_merge(9), __label_find_merge(9), aa_label_find_merge(9), aa_label_merge(9), label_compound_match(9), label_components_match(9), aa_label_match(9), aa_update_label_name(9), aa_label_snxprint(9), aa_label_asxprint(9), aa_label_acntsxprint(9), aa_label_strn_parse(9), aa_labelset_destroy(9), __label_update(9), __labelset_update(9), __aa_labelset_update_subtree(9)

like I said. the whole crew. go read them all, bestie, they're iconic in their own right 👑

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