ima_post_load_data(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 ima_post_load_data 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for ima_post_load_data — yes that's the actual manual title, and yes we're gonna get through it together 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

ima_post_load_data — the appraise-decision-based-on-policy girlie 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int ima_post_load_data (char *buf , loff_t size , enum
       kernel_load_data_id load_id , char *description );

that's the whole signature, no cap — copy it exactly, don't be cute with it 😭

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • buf — pointer to in memory file contents. literally just the bytes, bestie 🧚
  • size — size of in memory file contents. the how-much of it all ⭐
  • load_id — kernel load data caller identifier. like, who's calling? iykyk 👑
  • description — load_id-specific description of contents. the lil tell-me-more about what's inside 🌸

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So what does it do? It measures / appraises / audits an in memory buffer based on policy. That's the whole main character energy of this function, fr fr ✨

And like — the policy rules are written in terms of a policy identifier, which is the vibe check that makes the whole thing work 💜

On success return 0. 🎉

⚠️ On integrity appraisal error — assuming the file is in policy and IMA-appraisal is in enforcing mode — return -EACCES. Not a vibe. Do not ignore this one, bestie. 😭

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c — and the whole squad:

go read them all, they're iconic, periodt 💅

and that's the page!! mwah 🍓

sign-off era: this one lives in ./security/integrity/ima, and it's dated October 2026 — yes, future girlie behavior, obsessed ⭐🦋💖

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