smack_inode_rmdir(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 smack_inode_rmdir(9) — Kernel API Manual 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the <pink>Kernel API Manual</pink> page for smack_inode_rmdir(9) — yes, the manual name is right there, folded in like a little name tag at the party 🎀.

🌸 NAME 🌸

smack_inode_rmdir — the Smack check on directory deletion ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int smack_inode_rmdir (struct inode *dir , struct dentry *dentry );

no cap, that's the exact signature 🫶

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • dir — the containing directory object, aka the folder that's doing the containing 💅
  • dentry — the directory to unlink, aka the directory that's about to get unlinked 🦋

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Okay so here's the tea ☕: it returns 0 if current can write the containing directory and the directory. Otherwise? error code, bestie. That's it. That's the whole vibe check 💀✨

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./security/smack/smack_lsm.c and this absolutely iconic stack of cross-references — every single one, no gatekeeping:

💖 source: ./security/smack · version/date: October 2026 · page: smack_inode_rmdir(9) · bye bestie 🫶💖

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