security_inode_file_getattr(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 security_inode_file_getattr(9) — Kernel API Manual 💖

Okay bestie, gather round, because this is literally the security hook that decides whether retrieving fsxattr is allowed. It's giving tiny but important gatekeeper energy 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

security_inode_file_getattr — check if retrieving fsxattr is allowed.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int security_inode_file_getattr (struct dentry *dentry , struct
       file_kattr *fa );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • dentry — file to retrieve filesystem extended attributes from. Yes, the file itself, bestie 💅
  • fa — extended attributes to get. The actual extended-attribute situation 👑

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So this one gets called when the file_getattr syscall or the FS_IOC_FSGETXATTR ioctl is called on inode. That's the whole moment: it's the security vibe check for extended-attribute retrieval ✨

💜 RETURN 💜

Returns 0 if permission is granted. Clean, simple, iconic.

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

Kernel file: ./security/security.c. And then the whole extended fam, no cap:

That's the whole page, bestie. Source/version is ./security, dated October 2026. Slay, you're now informed and unbothered 💅💖

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