parse_rule(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay so bestie, this is parse_rule(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and it's literally the function that parses a policy rule line. no cap, that's the whole vibe. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int parse_rule (char *line , struct ipe_parsed_policy *p );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• line — supplies the rule line that needs to be parsed. yes, that exact line. 🫶
• p — supplies the partial parsed policy. it's giving "work in progress" energy, and that's on purpose. ✨

🔥 RETURN 🔥

vibe check on what comes back:

• 0 — Success. we love a clean win. 👑
• -ENOMEM — Out of memory (OOM). tragic, but real. 😭
• -EBADMSG — Policy syntax error. the line said something unhinged, and the parser noticed. 💀

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

go read these too, bestie — they're all part of the same little kernel-era friend group:

• Kernel file ./security/ipe/policy_parser.c
• new_parsed_policy(9)
• remove_comment(9)
• remove_trailing_spaces(9)
• parse_version(9)
• parse_header(9)
• token_default(9)
• free_rule(9)
• parse_operation(9)
• parse_action(9)
• parse_property(9)
• ipe_free_parsed_policy(9)
• validate_policy(9)
• ipe_parse_policy(9)

okay that's the whole page, mwah 💋 — sourced from ./security/ipe, dated October 2026, and yes, this is the parse_rule(9) page from the Kernel API Manual. slay. 🌈