audit_strin...ains_control(9)

💖 audit_string_contains_control(9) — the Kernel API Manual, bestie edition 💖

okay so this one lives in the Kernel API Manual (yes, the Kernel API Manual section, we're fancy here) and the page is audit_string_contains_control(9). it's short, it's sweet, it's a vibe check for strings. let's go 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

audit_string_contains_control — literally just answers the question "does this string need to be logged in hex?" no cap, that's the whole personality 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

bool audit_string_contains_control (const char *string , size_t len );

it returns a bool — so it's giving yes/no, true/false, slay/not-slay 💅

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• string — the string to be checked. like, the actual one you're side-eyeing 👀
• len — max length of the string to check. so we're not out here reading forever, we have boundaries bestie ✨

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

all the ✨friends of this function✨, from the kernel file ./kernel/audit.c:

• struct audit_net(9)
• struct auditd_connection(9)
• struct audit_ctl_mutex(9)
• auditd_test_task(9)
• audit_ctl_lock(9)
• audit_ctl_unlock(9)
• audit_ctl_owner_current(9)
• auditd_pid_vnr(9)
• audit_cfg_lsm(9)
• audit_get_sk(9)
• audit_log_lost(9)
• auditd_conn_free(9)
• auditd_set(9)
• kauditd_printk_skb(9)
• kauditd_rehold_skb(9)
• kauditd_hold_skb(9)
• kauditd_retry_skb(9)
• auditd_reset(9)
• auditd_send_unicast_skb(9)
• kauditd_send_queue(9)
• kauditd_thread(9)
• audit_send_reply(9)
• audit_receive(9)
• audit_serial(9)
• audit_log_start(9)
• audit_expand(9)
• audit_log_format(9)
• audit_log_n_hex(9)
• audit_log_n_untrustedstring(9)
• audit_log_untrustedstring(9)
• audit_buffer_aux_new(9)
• audit_buffer_aux_end(9)
• audit_log_subj_ctx(9)
• audit_log_path_denied(9)
• audit_set_loginuid(9)
• audit_signal_info(9)
• __audit_log_end(9)
• audit_log_end(9)
• audit_log(9)

like, that's the whole group chat right there — an entire audit-era friend group and audit_string_contains_control is the one who just checks the vibes 💀

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ngl there aren't any OPTIONS, EXIT STATUS, or BUGS sections on this page — that's genuinely the whole thing, don't come for me 🙈

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and that's the page!! short, iconic, main character energy 👑

sign-off time: this little cutie comes from ./kernel, and the date stamp on it is October 2026 — so yeah, it's from the future, we don't ask questions 💫👑🌸