early_security_init(9)

💖 early_security_init(9) 💖

okay so bestie, this page is from the Kernel API Manual, and it's giving very specific main-character energy: it's all about early_security_init, whose whole thing — per the NAME line — is to Initialize the early LSMs. no cap. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

early_security_init — Initialize the early LSMs. that's the vibe. 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int early_security_init (void );

so the return type is int, and the signature is right there. iconic. ✨

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• void — no arguments. literally none. the argument is just void, so there is nothing to pass in. 🫶

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file: ./security/lsm_init.c

go say hi to these absolute legends next:

• lsm_choose_security(9)
• lsm_choose_lsm(9)
• lsm_debug_enable(9)
• lsm_enabled_set(9)
• lsm_is_enabled(9)
• lsm_order_exists(9)
• lsm_order_append(9)
• lsm_order_parse(9)
• lsm_blob_size_update(9)
• lsm_prepare(9)
• lsm_init_single(9)
• lsm_static_call_init(9)
• security_add_hooks(9)
• security_init(9)
• security_initcall_pure(9)
• security_initcall_early(9)
• security_initcall_core(9)
• security_initcall_subsys(9)
• security_initcall_fs(9)
• security_initcall_device(9)
• security_initcall_late(9)
• security_initcall_late_sync(9)

mwah 💋 catch u later — source/version is ./security, dated October 2026. ✨