setaudit(9)

💅 setaudit(9) 💅

okay so bestie, this is setaudit(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and we are literally about to vibe-check a kernel write handler. No cap, it's giving main character energy in securityfs. 💖

💖 NAME 💖

setaudit — Write handler for the securityfs node "ipe/success_audit". That's the whole name, periodt. 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

the signature stays exactly like this, fr fr:

ssize_t setaudit (struct file *f , const char __user *data , size_t len
, loff_t *offset );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

vibe check on the args, bestie:

• f — Supplies a file structure representing the securityfs node. main character file struct energy.
• data — Supplies a buffer passed to the write syscall. the buffer bestie, periodt.
• len — Supplies the length of data. length tea ☕.
• offset — unused. literally unused, not me giving it a job.

🔥 RETURN 🔥

the return value situation is lowkey simple:

• Length of buffer written — Success slay, it worked.
• -EPERM — Insufficient permission oof, permission said no.

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file ./security/ipe/fs.c is the spot to peep, plus getaudit(9), setenforce(9), getenforce(9), new_policy(9), and ipe_init_securityfs(9). iykyk, go read the friends. 🦋

💖 cute sign-off: signed from ./security/ipe, October 2026, setaudit(9) edition — periodt, go touch grass after you ship 💖