smack_sk_clone_security(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 NAME 💖

smack_sk_clone_security — Copy security context.

okay so we're in the Kernel API Manual, page smack_sk_clone_security(9), and the assignment is literally “Copy security context.” iconic, brief, to the point. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void smack_sk_clone_security (const struct sock *sk , struct sock *newsk
       );

the void is right there, bestie — the synopsis is giving exactly that. 🫶

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • sk — the old socket.
  • newsk — the new socket.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so the description is short and sweet: it copies the security context of the old socket pointer to the cloned — and yes, that sentence literally ends at “cloned” in the source, so no cap, we're not inventing extra lore. it's giving “copy the security context, that's the whole job.” ✨

🌸 SEE ALSO 🌸

the Kernel file ./security/smack/smack_lsm.c is the source-side main character, and it's linked up with this whole (9) friend group:

xoxo, sourced from ./security/smack, dated October 2026, and stamped smack_sk_clone_security(9) — slay. 💖✨

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