security_sk_alloc(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 security_sk_alloc(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to security_sk_alloc(9) from the Kernel API Manual. This is the page where a sock gets its LSM blob allocated and initialized, and we're keeping every single detail because that's the whole point. no cap. 💅

✨ NAME ✨

security_sk_alloc — allocate and initialize a sock's LSM blob. literally the name, but make it cute. 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

the function signature, character-for-character:

int security_sk_alloc (struct sock *sk , int family , gfp_t priority );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • sk — sock. main character energy.
  • family — protocol family.
  • priority — gfp flags.

🧚 DESCRIPTION 🧚

Here's the tea: it allocates a security structure and attaches it to the sk->sk_security field. That field is used to copy security attributes between local stream sockets. so that's the whole job — allocate, attach, and that field handles the security-attribute copying between local stream sockets. slay. ✨

🔥 RETURN 🔥

Returns 0 on success, error on failure. that's it — no extra drama. 💅

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file: ./security/security.c. And then the whole extended friend group, every single ref, in order:

source/version: ./security ✨ date: October 2026 ✨ page: security_sk_alloc(9) — bye bestie, go allocate responsibly 💖

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