smack_inode_removexattr(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 smack_inode_removexattr — Smack check on removexattr

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual, section 9 — this is the smack_inode_removexattr(9) page and it's short, sweet, and honestly kind of a vibe 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int smack_inode_removexattr (struct mnt_idmap *idmap , struct dentry *dentry , const char *name );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • idmap — the idmap of the mount 🗺️ like, which mount's id mapping we're living in rn
  • dentry — the object 💅 the actual inode/dentry situation getting its attribute yeeted
  • name — name of the attribute 🏷️ the string label of the thing being removed

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

So here's the tea: removing the Smack attribute requires CAP_MAC_ADMIN 🔥 no cap, you need that capability or you're simply not getting in. it's giving locked door, main character security energy.

Returns 0 if access is permitted, an error code otherwise 😭 so 0 = slay, anything else = not slay.

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file ./security/smack/smack_lsm.c — the whole crew lives there, and here's literally every single one of them, in order, no skips 🫶

ngl that's a whole friend group and they ALL showed up 🌈 no one got left on read.

and that's the page, bestie 🎀 this cutie came from the source dir ./security/smack, dated October 2026, and it's filed under smack_inode_removexattr(9) — periodt ✨💜

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