evm_read_xattrs(9)

💅 evm_read_xattrs(9) — live from the Kernel API Manual ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

evm_read_xattrs — read() for <securityfs>/evm_xattrs

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

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ssize_t evm_read_xattrs (struct file *filp , char __user *buf , size_t
       count , loff_t *ppos );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• filp — file pointer, and no cap, it is not actually used 🙈
• buf — where to put the result 💌
• count — maximum to send along 🚀
• ppos — where to start 📍

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

It returns the number of bytes read or an error code, as appropriate 😭👑 that’s the whole vibe.

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./security/integrity/evm/evm_secfs.c is the main character here, and you’re gonna want to peek at evm_read_key(9), evm_write_key(9), and evm_write_xattrs(9) too 💅

with love from the ./security/integrity/evm source/version corner, dated October 2026 — evm_read_xattrs(9) signing off, periodt 💅🎀