aafs_create_file(9)

💖 aafs_create_file — like, the apparmorfs file-maker 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the aafs_create_file(9) page from the Kernel API Manual ✨ this is the little icon that spins up a brand-new file inside the apparmorfs filesystem, and honestly? she's giving "small but crucial" energy 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct dentry * aafs_create_file (const char *name , umode_t mode ,
       struct dentry *parent , struct aa_common_ref *data ,
       const struct file_operations *fops );

like, one function, five args, and she returns a struct dentry * — periodt 💅

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• name — the name of the dentry you're creating 🏷️ like, what's this file gonna be called, bestie
• mode — the permissions the file should have 🔐 you know the vibe
• parent — the parent directory for this dentry 🗂️ where she lives
• data — data to store on inode.i_private, available in open 📦 lowkey the lil payload that the open call can grab later
• fops — struct file_operations that should be used for ⚙️ (yes, the original description just trails off there — I'm not making stuff up for you, bestie 🙈)

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

see aafs_create 💫

that's it. that's the description. the manpage said "see aafs_create" and honestly? she said what she said 😭 go read the sequel, iykyk

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Kernel file ./security/apparmor/apparmorfs.c
• mangle_name(9)
• __aafs_setup_d_inode(9)
• aafs_create(9)
• aafs_create_dir(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, the whole apparmorfs friend group showed up for the link-up 👑🫶

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ok that's the whole page, nothing skipped, no cap 💯 go forth and create files, bestie 🌈

mwah 💋 — this cutie dropped from ./security/apparmor in October 2026, and the manual itself is aafs_create_file(9). slay, bye 🎀✨