getenforce(9)

getenforce(9) 💅

okay so this page is from the Kernel API Manual, and it’s about a kernel read handler. bestie, it’s giving securityfs energy, no cap. ✨

💖 NAME 💖

getenforce — read handler for the securityfs node, "ipe/enforce". yes, that’s literally the whole vibe. 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

here’s the signature — keep it exact, bestie:

ssize_t getenforce (struct file *f , char __user *data , size_t len ,
loff_t *offset );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• f — supplies a file structure representing the securityfs node. 💖
• data — supplies a buffer passed to the read syscall. ✨
• len — supplies the length of data. 🎀
• offset — unused. periodt, it just sits there. 💀

🔥 RETURN 🔥

the return value is Length of buffer written — that’s it, that’s the tea. 👑

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./security/ipe/fs.c, plus the whole squad: setaudit(9), getaudit(9), setenforce(9), new_policy(9), ipe_init_securityfs(9) 🫶

🫶 signing off, bestie — source/version: ./security/ipe; date: October 2026; page: getenforce(9) 🎀