lsm_name_to_attr(9)

💖 lsm_name_to_attr(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for lsm_name_to_attr(9) — it’s giving tiny lookup icon and we’re literally obsessed. ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

lsm_name_to_attr — map an LSM attribute name to its ID 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

u64 lsm_name_to_attr (const char *name );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• name — name of the attribute. the whole vibe check for this function, ngl 💅

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🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

Returns the LSM attribute value associated with name, or 0 if there is no mapping. so you hand over a name, and it gives you back the matching LSM attribute value — and if there’s no mapping, you get 0, periodt. 💖

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Kernel file ./security/lsm_syscalls.c
• sys_lsm_set_self_attr(9)
• sys_lsm_get_self_attr(9)
• sys_lsm_list_modules(9)

these are the related kernel besties to go read next, iykyk 👑✨

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