aafs_create_dir(9)

💖 aafs_create_dir(9) — Kernel API Manual 💖

okay so bestie, this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and it's about aafs_create_dir — the lil function that makes a directory inside the apparmorfs filesystem. it's short, it's sweet, it's giving "I just delegate to my more famous friend" energy, and we're gonna get through it together 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

aafs_create_dir — literally just create a directory in the apparmorfs filesystem 🎀 that's the whole job. no cap.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct dentry * aafs_create_dir (const char *name , struct dentry
*parent );

that's the signature, copied exactly, don't @ me 💅

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• name — the name of the dentry you wanna create, bestie. this is the label on the box 📛
• parent — the parent directory this dentry lives under. gotta know where home is, yk? 🏠

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👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

see aafs_create.

that's it. that's the description. the manpage really said "go ask my sibling" 😭 iconic minimalism honestly. if you want the actual tea, go read aafs_create — this page is not the main character here, it's a supporting role 💀

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

bestie there is a whole friend group here, and we are listing every single one of them, no skips, no cuts 🫶

Kernel file ./security/apparmor/apparmorfs.c plus:

• mangle_name(9)
• __aafs_setup_d_inode(9)
• aafs_create(9)
• aafs_create_file(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 group chat. go say hi 💖

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heads up bestie: the only thing this page tells you to do for details is go read aafs_create. that's not me being lazy, that's verbatim what the original says 😌

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and that's the page!! 🎀 sign-off time: this one comes from ./security/apparmor, dated October 2026 — so yeah, future vibes, slay ⭐ see you in the next manpage, mwah 💜🧚