lsm_file_alloc(9)

💖 NAME: lsm_file_alloc(9) 💖

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual — section 9, kernel-internals girlie territory — and it's all about lsm_file_alloc. the NAME line is literally lsm_file_alloc — allocate a composite file blob, and that's the whole vibe. periodt. 🫶✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int lsm_file_alloc (struct file *file );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• file — the file that needs a blob. that's it. that's the whole argument. 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

lsm_file_alloc allocates the file blob for all the modules. not one module, not a couple modules — all the modules. it's a group project and everyone's getting a blob. 💖

it returns 0, or -ENOMEM if memory can't be allocated. so if the allocator says nope, you get the classic out-of-memory sad girl signal. 😭

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay bestie, this SEE ALSO section is huge — like, extended-universe huge. the kernel file ./security/security.c is in the mix, and then there's this entire roster. no skips, no "just the highlights", we're listing every single one because that's what the page says:

./security/security.c
lsm_backing_file_alloc(9)
lsm_blob_alloc(9)
lsm_cred_alloc(9)
lsm_inode_alloc(9)
lsm_task_alloc(9)
lsm_ipc_alloc(9)
lsm_key_alloc(9)
lsm_msg_msg_alloc(9)
lsm_bdev_alloc(9)
lsm_bpf_map_alloc(9)
lsm_bpf_prog_alloc(9)
lsm_bpf_token_alloc(9)
lsm_superblock_alloc(9)
lsm_fill_user_ctx(9)
security_binder_set_context_mgr(9)
security_binder_transaction(9)
security_binder_transfer_binder(9)
security_binder_transfer_file(9)
security_ptrace_access_check(9)
security_ptrace_traceme(9)
security_capget(9)
security_capset(9)
security_capable(9)
security_quotactl(9)
security_quota_on(9)
security_syslog(9)
security_settime64(9)
security_vm_enough_memory_mm(9)
security_bprm_creds_for_exec(9)
security_bprm_creds_from_file(9)
security_bprm_check(9)
security_bprm_committing_creds(9)
security_bprm_committed_creds(9)
security_fs_context_submount(9)
security_fs_context_dup(9)
security_fs_context_parse_param(9)
security_sb_alloc(9)
security_sb_delete(9)
security_sb_free(9)
security_free_mnt_opts(9)
security_sb_eat_lsm_opts(9)
security_sb_mnt_opts_compat(9)
security_sb_remount(9)
security_sb_kern_mount(9)
security_sb_show_options(9)
security_sb_statfs(9)
security_sb_mount(9)
security_sb_umount(9)
security_sb_pivotroot(9)
security_sb_set_mnt_opts(9)
security_sb_clone_mnt_opts(9)
security_move_mount(9)
security_path_notify(9)
security_inode_alloc(9)
security_inode_free(9)
security_dentry_init_security(9)
security_dentry_create_files_as(9)
security_inode_init_security(9)
security_inode_init_security_anon(9)
security_path_mknod(9)
security_path_post_mknod(9)
security_path_mkdir(9)
security_path_rmdir(9)
security_path_unlink(9)
security_path_symlink(9)
security_path_link(9)
security_path_rename(9)
security_path_truncate(9)
security_path_chmod(9)
security_path_chown(9)
security_path_chroot(9)
security_inode_create(9)
security_inode_post_create_tmpfile(9)
security_inode_link(9)
security_inode_unlink(9)
security_inode_symlink(9)
security_inode_mkdir(9)
security_inode_rmdir(9)
security_inode_mknod(9)
security_inode_rename(9)
security_inode_readlink(9)
security_inode_follow_link(9)
security_inode_permission(9)
security_inode_setattr(9)
security_inode_post_setattr(9)
security_inode_getattr(9)
security_inode_setxattr(9)
security_inode_set_acl(9)
security_inode_post_set_acl(9)
security_inode_get_acl(9)
security_inode_remove_acl(9)
security_inode_post_remove_acl(9)
security_inode_post_setxattr(9)
security_inode_getxattr(9)
security_inode_listxattr(9)
security_inode_removexattr(9)
security_inode_post_removexattr(9)
security_inode_file_setattr(9)
security_inode_file_getattr(9)
security_inode_need_killpriv(9)
security_inode_killpriv(9)
security_inode_getsecurity(9)
security_inode_setsecurity(9)
security_inode_listsecurity(9)
security_inode_getlsmprop(9)
security_inode_copy_up(9)
security_inode_copy_up_xattr(9)
security_inode_setintegrity(9)
security_kernfs_init_security(9)
security_file_permission(9)
security_file_alloc(9)
security_file_release(9)
security_file_free(9)
security_backing_file_alloc(9)
security_backing_file_free(9)
security_file_ioctl(9)
security_file_ioctl_compat(9)
security_mmap_file(9)
security_mmap_backing_file(9)
security_mmap_addr(9)
security_file_mprotect(9)
security_file_lock(9)
security_file_fcntl(9)
security_file_set_fowner(9)
security_file_send_sigiotask(9)
security_file_receive(9)
security_file_open(9)
security_file_post_open(9)
security_file_truncate(9)
security_task_alloc(9)
security_task_free(9)
security_cred_alloc_blank(9)
security_cred_free(9)
security_prepare_creds(9)
security_transfer_creds(9)
security_cred_getsecid(9)
security_cred_getlsmprop(9)
security_kernel_act_as(9)
security_kernel_create_files_as(9)
security_kernel_module_request(9)
security_kernel_read_file(9)
security_kernel_post_read_file(9)
security_kernel_load_data(9)
security_kernel_post_load_data(9)
security_task_fix_setuid(9)
security_task_fix_setgid(9)
security_task_fix_setgroups(9)
security_task_setpgid(9)
security_task_getpgid(9)
security_task_getsid(9)
security_current_getlsmprop_subj(9)
security_task_getlsmprop_obj(9)
security_task_setnice(9)
security_task_setioprio(9)
security_task_getioprio(9)
security_task_prlimit(9)
security_task_setrlimit(9)
security_task_setscheduler(9)
security_task_getscheduler(9)
security_task_movememory(9)
security_task_kill(9)
security_task_prctl(9)
security_task_to_inode(9)
security_create_user_ns(9)
security_ipc_permission(9)
security_ipc_getlsmprop(9)
security_msg_msg_alloc(9)
security_msg_msg_free(9)
security_msg_queue_alloc(9)
security_msg_queue_free(9)
security_msg_queue_associate(9)
security_msg_queue_msgctl(9)
security_msg_queue_msgsnd(9)
security_msg_queue_msgrcv(9)
security_shm_alloc(9)
security_shm_free(9)
security_shm_associate(9)
security_shm_shmctl(9)
security_shm_shmat(9)
security_sem_alloc(9)
security_sem_free(9)
security_sem_associate(9)
security_sem_semctl(9)
security_sem_semop(9)
security_d_instantiate(9)
security_getselfattr(9)
security_setselfattr(9)
security_getprocattr(9)
security_setprocattr(9)
security_ismaclabel(9)
security_secid_to_secctx(9)
security_lsmprop_to_secctx(9)
security_secctx_to_secid(9)
security_release_secctx(9)
security_inode_invalidate_secctx(9)
security_inode_notifysecctx(9)
security_inode_setsecctx(9)
security_inode_getsecctx(9)
security_post_notification(9)
security_watch_key(9)
security_netlink_send(9)
security_unix_stream_connect(9)
security_unix_may_send(9)
security_socket_create(9)
security_socket_post_create(9)
security_socket_socketpair(9)
security_socket_bind(9)
security_socket_connect(9)
security_socket_listen(9)
security_socket_accept(9)
security_socket_sendmsg(9)
security_socket_recvmsg(9)
security_socket_getsockname(9)
security_socket_getpeername(9)
security_socket_getsockopt(9)
security_socket_setsockopt(9)
security_socket_shutdown(9)
security_sock_rcv_skb(9)
security_socket_getpeersec_stream(9)
security_socket_getpeersec_dgram(9)
lsm_sock_alloc(9)
security_sk_alloc(9)
security_sk_free(9)
security_sk_clone(9)
security_sk_classify_flow(9)
security_req_classify_flow(9)
security_sock_graft(9)
security_inet_conn_request(9)
security_inet_csk_clone(9)
security_inet_conn_established(9)
security_secmark_relabel_packet(9)
security_secmark_refcount_inc(9)
security_secmark_refcount_dec(9)
security_tun_dev_alloc_security(9)
security_tun_dev_free_security(9)
security_tun_dev_create(9)
security_tun_dev_attach_queue(9)
security_tun_dev_attach(9)
security_tun_dev_open(9)
security_sctp_assoc_request(9)
security_sctp_bind_connect(9)
security_sctp_sk_clone(9)
security_sctp_assoc_established(9)
security_mptcp_add_subflow(9)
security_unix_find(9)
security_ib_pkey_access(9)
security_ib_endport_manage_subnet(9)
security_ib_alloc_security(9)
security_ib_free_security(9)
security_xfrm_policy_alloc(9)
security_xfrm_policy_clone(9)
security_xfrm_policy_free(9)
security_xfrm_policy_delete(9)
security_xfrm_state_alloc(9)
security_xfrm_state_alloc_acquire(9)
security_xfrm_state_delete(9)
security_xfrm_state_free(9)
security_xfrm_policy_lookup(9)
security_xfrm_state_pol_flow_match(9)
security_xfrm_decode_session(9)
security_key_alloc(9)
security_key_free(9)
security_key_permission(9)
security_key_getsecurity(9)
security_key_post_create_or_update(9)
security_audit_rule_init(9)
security_audit_rule_known(9)
security_audit_rule_free(9)
security_audit_rule_match(9)
security_bpf(9)
security_bpf_map(9)
security_bpf_prog(9)
security_bpf_map_create(9)
security_bpf_prog_load(9)
security_bpf_token_create(9)
security_bpf_token_cmd(9)
security_bpf_token_capable(9)
security_bpf_map_free(9)
security_bpf_prog_free(9)
security_bpf_token_free(9)
security_locked_down(9)
security_bdev_alloc(9)
security_bdev_free(9)
security_bdev_setintegrity(9)
security_perf_event_open(9)
security_perf_event_alloc(9)
security_perf_event_free(9)
security_perf_event_read(9)
security_perf_event_write(9)
security_uring_override_creds(9)
security_uring_sqpoll(9)
security_uring_cmd(9)
security_uring_allowed(9)
security_initramfs_populated(9)

mwah 💖 this icon comes from the ./security source/version in the tree, and it's dated <month year>October 2026</month>. bye bestie, go allocate responsibly! 🦋✨