smack_key_alloc(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 smack_key_alloc(9) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for smack_key_alloc(9). This one is short, sweet, and literally about setting the key security blob. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

smack_key_alloc — Set the key security blob

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int smack_key_alloc (struct key *key , const struct cred *cred ,
       unsigned long flags );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • key — object.
  • cred — the credentials to use.
  • flags — unused.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Okay so the tea is: No allocation required.

It returns 0. That's the whole description, no cap. 💅

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

Kernel file ./security/smack/smack_lsm.c, plus the whole Smack crew:

mwah 💋 source check: this page lives in ./security/smack, dated October 2026, and it's the smack_key_alloc(9) manual page — bye bestie! 🫶💖

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