security_path_unlink(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

okay bestie, this is the Kernel API Manual page for security_path_unlink — manual name folded in near the top, as requested, and we're keeping it cute. It's a tiny security hook page, but we're giving it main character energy ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

security_path_unlink — check if removing a hard link is allowed. Literally that's the whole name vibe 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int security_path_unlink (const struct path *dir , struct dentry *dentry
);

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • dir — parent directory. The folder energy, the container of the drama 💅
  • dentry — file. The file bestie in question 🦋

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Check the permission to remove a hard link to a file. That's it, that's the whole plot — it's giving security permission check before the unlink, no cap 🔥

⭐ RETURN ⭐

Returns 0 if permission is granted. Slay, we love a clean success return ✅

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./security/security.c, plus the entire guest list — every single reference, fr fr, no skips:

mwah 💖 this page is from ./security, dated October 2026, and it's the security_path_unlink(9) manual — bye bestie, go unlink responsibly! 🎀

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