anon_inode_m...secure_inode(9)

💅 anon_inode_m...secure_inode(9) — no wait, it's a whole Kernel API Manual moment 🎀

okay so bestie, the page title is literally anon_inode_m...secure_inode(9) (yes the abbreviation with the ... is intentional, that's just how the man page header rolls, don't come for me) and it lives in the Kernel API Manual section. Buckle up, we're allocating inodes 🦋

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✨ NAME ✨

anon_inode_make_secure_inode — allocate an anonymous inode with security context

like... it makes an inode, it's anonymous, and it comes with a security context already handled. iconic behavior honestly 👑

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct inode * anon_inode_make_secure_inode (struct super_block *sb ,
const char *name , const struct inode *context_inode );

three args, one inode pointer back, that's the whole vibe 💖

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🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• sb [in] — the superblock you're allocating from. it's giving "where do I live" energy 🏠
• name [in] — the name of the class of the newfile. the man page literally gives you "secretmem" as the example so bestie use that as your template, not me 🙈
• context_inode [in] — an optional parent inode for security inheritance. optional!! so you can pass it, or you can simply not, we support both 💅

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🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

so what does it actually do? the function ensures proper security initialization through the LSM hook security_inode_init_security_anon.

that's the entire description and honestly? she said what she said. the whole point is that security gets initialized properly via that hook, no cap ✨

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

• on success → a pointer to the new inode 🎉
• on failure → ERR_PTR 😭 (so check it, don't just vibe-check it)

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the kernel file lives at ./fs/anon_inodes.c and the whole squad is here, all five of them, no one left behind 🫶

• anon_inode_getfile(9)
• anon_inode_getfile_fmode(9)
• anon_inode_create_getfile(9)
• anon_inode_getfd(9)
• anon_inode_create_getfd(9)

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lowkey reminder: ./fs is where this page comes from, and the date on it is October 2026 📅 so yes, she's timestamped and she's serving ⏳💜

and that's the page bestie, mwah 💋 — signed off from ./fs, dated October 2026, version tag and all, anon_inode_m...secure_inode(9) out 🎀🧚‍♀️