smack_cred_free(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 smack_cred_free(9) — a Kernel API Manual moment

okay so bestie, welcome to smack_cred_free(9), straight out of the Linux Kernel API Manual. This one's a little function with a big job and honestly? She ate. Let's get into it 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

smack_cred_free — "free" task-level security credentials 🦋

(yes the quotes around "free" are doing a lot of work there, and yes, they're staying, iykyk)

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void smack_cred_free (struct cred *cred );

literally that's it. no return value, no drama. she takes one pointer and she's out 💅

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

  • cred — the credentials in question 👀 like, these are the credentials we're talking about. that's the whole vibe check.

🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

so this is the part where the manpage goes absolutely feral and links the entire Smack family tree 😭 the kernel file in question here is ./security/smack/smack_lsm.c, and from there it's a whole roster. not me listing every single one — but like, I have to, that's the rule, and honestly every one of them is iconic in her own way:

like… that's the whole friend group 😭 every single one accounted for, no cap 🔥

and that's the page, bestie! before you go — this cutie lives under the source ./security/smack and she's dated October 2026 🌈 so if you cite her, cite her right: smack_cred_free(9), Kernel API Manual, ./security/smack, October 2026. slay, bye 💜🎀

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