sel_netif_insert(9)

NAME 💖

hiii bestie, welcome to the sel_netif_insert(9) page from the Kernel API Manual — this is the one about inserting a new interface into the table, and it's giving tiny-but-important kernel API energy. ✨

sel_netif_insert — Insert a new interface into the table. periodt. 💅

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SYNOPSIS ✨

okay so here's the exact signature, copy it carefully bestie:

int sel_netif_insert (struct sel_netif *netif );

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ARGUMENTS 🎀

• netif — the new interface record. that's the one, no cap. 🫶

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DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so what it actually does: Add a new interface record to the network interface hash table.

Returns zero on success, and negative values on failure. that's the whole return-value vibe, iykyk. 💖

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SEE ALSO 🌈

the kernel file is ./security/selinux/netif.c, and these are the related pages you should also peek at:

• sel_netif_hashfn(9)
• sel_netif_find(9)
• sel_netif_destroy(9)
• sel_netif_sid_slow(9)
• sel_netif_sid(9)
• sel_netif_kill(9)
• sel_netif_flush(9)

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later, bestie! this little icon lives under ./security/selinux, dated October 2026, and it's literally sel_netif_insert(9) — mwah 💖🫶🎀