lsm_cred_alloc(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 lsm_cred_alloc(9) — Kernel API Manual ✨

okay bestie, we're diving into lsm_cred_alloc(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and honestly? it's a short one, which means we can give it the full main-character treatment 🎀

🎀 NAME 🎀

lsm_cred_alloc — allocate a composite cred blob 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int lsm_cred_alloc (struct cred *cred , gfp_t gfp );

it's giving "one call, two arguments, zero drama" ✨

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • cred — the cred that needs a blob 🫶 like, this is the cred we're setting up with its blob
  • gfp — allocation type, aka the whole "how are we allocating this" vibe 🌈

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

so the actual job is literally right there in the name: allocate the cred blob for all the modules 👑

it returns 0 when everything slays, or -ENOMEM if memory can't be allocated 😭 — that's the vibe check on the return value, no cap.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

kernel file ./security/security.c — and bestie, the friend group is HUGE, so here's every single one, in order, no skipping, periodt 💅✨

and that's the whole page, bestie 🫶 this little icon lives in the ./security source, dated October 2026, and it'll always answer to the name lsm_cred_alloc(9) ✨💖 periodt.

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