p_start(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the p_start(9) page from the Kernel API Manual — and she is here to start a depth first traversal of profile tree. no cap. 🌸

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void * p_start (struct seq_file *f , loff_t *pos );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• f — the seq_file to fill. she's the blank canvas, okay? 💅
• pos — current position. that's the spot, bestie. 📍

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🦋 RETURN 🦋

first profile under current namespace or NULL if none found. that's the whole return vibe — if there's nothing, it's NULL. iconic. 💖

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🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

acquires first ns->lock. that's literally the description, bestie — she acquires first ns->lock and that's the moment. 🫶

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./security/apparmor/apparmorfs.c is the main character here, and the whole squad is: mangle_name(9), __aafs_setup_d_inode(9), aafs_create(9), aafs_create_file(9), aafs_create_dir(9), aafs_remove(9), aa_simple_write_to_buffer(9), aa_get_data_from_compressed(9), query_data(9), query_label(9), aa_write_access(9), __next_ns(9), __first_profile(9), __next_profile(9), next_profile(9), p_next(9), p_stop(9), seq_show_profile(9), entry_create_file(9), entry_create_dir(9), entry_remove_file(9), entry_remove_dir(9), aa_destroy_aafs(9), aa_create_aafs(9). iykyk. 👑

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signing off from source/version ./security/apparmor, dated October 2026 — this is p_start(9), periodt. 💅✨