smack_file_set_fowner(9)

💅 smack_file_set_fowner(9) 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — yes that's the manual name, and yes this page is a whole vibe. it's smack_file_set_fowner(9), a little function from the Smack security module that does exactly one thing and honestly? it ate. ✨

✨ NAME ✨

smack_file_set_fowner — set the file security blob value 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void smack_file_set_fowner (struct file *file );

like, that's it. that's the whole signature. no return value, no drama, just vibes and a void. 💀

✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• file — the object in question 👀 (it's the file, bestie. the file is the object. we're setting its security blob value.)

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay so this is the part where the page just. lists. everyone. literally the entire Smack extended family showed up to the group chat — no cap, this is the whole guest list and every single one of them is iconic 👑

first up, the source itself lives in the kernel file ./security/smack/smack_lsm.c, and then the cast:

smk_fetch(9), init_inode_smack(9), init_task_smack(9), smk_copy_rules(9),
smk_copy_relabel(9), smk_ptrace_mode(9), smk_ptrace_rule_check(9),
smack_ptrace_access_check(9), smack_ptrace_traceme(9), smack_syslog(9),
smack_sb_alloc_security(9), smack_fs_context_submount(9),
smack_fs_context_dup(9), smack_fs_context_parse_param(9),
smack_set_mnt_opts(9), smack_sb_statfs(9), smack_bprm_creds_for_exec(9),
smack_inode_alloc_security(9), smk_rule_transmutes(9),
smack_inode_init_security(9), smack_inode_link(9),
smack_inode_unlink(9), smack_inode_rmdir(9), smack_inode_rename(9),
smack_inode_permission(9), smack_inode_setattr(9),
smack_inode_getattr(9), smack_inode_xattr_skipcap(9),
smack_inode_setxattr(9), smack_inode_post_setxattr(9),
smack_inode_getxattr(9), smack_inode_removexattr(9),
smack_inode_set_acl(9), smack_inode_get_acl(9),
smack_inode_remove_acl(9), smack_inode_getsecurity(9),
smack_inode_listsecurity(9), smack_inode_getlsmprop(9),
smack_file_alloc_security(9), smack_file_ioctl(9), smack_file_lock(9),
smack_file_fcntl(9), smack_mmap_file(9), smack_file_send_sigiotask(9),
smack_file_receive(9), smack_file_open(9), smack_cred_alloc_blank(9),
smack_cred_free(9), smack_cred_prepare(9), smack_cred_transfer(9),
smack_cred_getsecid(9), smack_cred_getlsmprop(9),
smack_kernel_act_as(9), smack_kernel_create_files_as(9),
smk_curacc_on_task(9), smack_task_setpgid(9), smack_task_getpgid(9),
smack_task_getsid(9), smack_current_getlsmprop_subj(9),
smack_task_getlsmprop_obj(9), smack_task_setnice(9),
smack_task_setioprio(9), smack_task_getioprio(9),
smack_task_setscheduler(9), smack_task_getscheduler(9),
smack_task_movememory(9), smack_task_kill(9), smack_task_to_inode(9),
smack_sk_alloc_security(9), smack_sk_free_security(9),
smack_sk_clone_security(9), smack_ipv4host_label(9),
smack_ipv6host_label(9), smack_netlbl_add(9), smack_netlbl_delete(9),
smk_ipv4_check(9), smk_ipv6_check(9), smk_ipv6_port_label(9),
smk_ipv6_port_check(9), smack_inode_setsecurity(9),
smack_socket_post_create(9), smack_socket_socketpair(9),
smack_socket_bind(9), smack_socket_connect(9), smack_flags_to_may(9),
smack_msg_msg_alloc_security(9), smack_of_ipc(9),
smack_ipc_alloc_security(9), smk_curacc_shm(9), smack_shm_associate(9),
smack_shm_shmctl(9), smack_shm_shmat(9), smk_curacc_sem(9),
smack_sem_associate(9), smack_sem_semctl(9), smack_sem_semop(9),
smk_tskacc_msq(9), smk_curacc_msq(9), smack_msg_queue_associate(9),
smack_msg_queue_msgctl(9), smack_msg_queue_msgsnd(9),
smack_msg_queue_msgrcv(9), smack_ipc_permission(9),
smack_ipc_getlsmprop(9), smack_d_instantiate(9), smack_getselfattr(9),
smack_getprocattr(9), do_setattr(9), smack_setselfattr(9),
smack_setprocattr(9), smack_unix_stream_connect(9),
smack_unix_may_send(9), smack_socket_sendmsg(9), smack_from_secattr(9),
smack_from_skb(9), smack_from_netlbl(9), smack_socket_sock_rcv_skb(9),
smack_socket_getpeersec_stream(9), smack_socket_getpeersec_dgram(9),
smack_inet_conn_request(9), smack_inet_csk_clone(9), smack_key_alloc(9),
smack_key_permission(9), smack_watch_key(9), smack_post_notification(9),
smack_audit_rule_init(9), smack_audit_rule_known(9),
smack_audit_rule_match(9), smack_ismaclabel(9), smack_to_secctx(9),
smack_secid_to_secctx(9), smack_lsmprop_to_secctx(9),
smack_secctx_to_secid(9), smack_uring_override_creds(9),
smack_uring_sqpoll(9), smack_uring_cmd(9), smack_init(9)

like?? that's a lot of friends. and every single one of them is linked, so go read them if you want the full lore 🦋 iykyk.

and that's the page!! sourced straight from ./security/smack, dated October 2026 — so you know it's fresh 💖 mwah, go read the kernel, ily, bye 🎀