audit_ptrace_mask(9)

💅 audit_ptrace_mask(9) 💅

okay so this page is from the Kernel API Manual, and it's giving “tiny but useful” energy fr fr. The whole thing is about audit_ptrace_mask: you give it a mask, it converts that mask to a permission string. iconic behavior, no cap. 💖

🌸 NAME 🌸

audit_ptrace_mask — convert mask to permission string. That's literally the whole vibe: mask goes in, permission string comes out. slay. ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

const char * audit_ptrace_mask (u32 mask );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• mask — the permission mask you wanna convert. that's the one and only argument, bestie. 🫶

💖 RETURN 💖

Returns a pointer to static string. yep, that's the return value — pointer, static string, done. 💅

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

okay so the related lore is all here, and yes we're keeping every single one:

• Kernel file ./security/apparmor/task.c
• aa_get_task_label(9)
• aa_replace_current_label(9)
• aa_set_current_onexec(9)
• aa_set_current_hat(9)
• aa_restore_previous_label(9)
• aa_may_ptrace(9)

mwah 💋 this page comes from ./security/apparmor, dated October 2026, and the manual tag is audit_ptrace_mask(9). periodt. 🎀✨