smk_open_cipso(9)

💅 smk_open_cipso(9) — Kernel API Manual 💅

Okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual, bestie — this page is short, sweet, and extremely on brand. We're talking about smk_open_cipso, aka open() for /smack/cipso. 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

smk_open_cipso — open() for /smack/cipso. That’s the name, that’s the function, and honestly it ate. ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int smk_open_cipso (struct inode *inode , struct file *file );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• inode — the inode structure representing file. literally the inode rep for this situation.
• file — the "cipso" file pointer. yes, the "cipso" one, quotes and all. 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

The whole assignment is: connect the cipso_seq_* operations with the /smack/cipso file_operations. That’s the connection. That’s the slay. No extra lore, no secret side quest. 🔥

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./security/smack/smackfs.c is where these absolute legends live — go say hi:

• smk_netlabel_audit_set(9)
• smk_set_access(9)
• smk_perm_from_str(9)
• smk_fill_rule(9)
• smk_parse_rule(9)
• smk_parse_long_rule(9)
• smk_write_rules_list(9)
• smk_open_load(9)
• smk_write_load(9)
• smk_cipso_doi(9)
• smk_unlbl_ambient(9)
• smk_set_cipso(9)
• smk_write_cipso(9)
• smk_open_cipso2(9)
• smk_write_cipso2(9)
• smk_open_net4addr(9)
• smk_net4addr_insert(9)
• smk_write_net4addr(9)
• smk_open_net6addr(9)
• smk_net6addr_insert(9)
• smk_write_net6addr(9)
• smk_read_doi(9)
• smk_write_doi(9)
• smk_read_cipso_auto_level(9)
• smk_write_cipso_auto_level(9)
• smk_read_ambient(9)
• smk_write_ambient(9)
• smk_list_swap_rcu(9)
• smk_parse_label_list(9)
• smk_destroy_label_list(9)
• smk_write_onlycap(9)
• smk_read_unconfined(9)
• smk_write_unconfined(9)
• smk_read_logging(9)
• smk_write_logging(9)
• smk_open_load_self(9)
• smk_write_load_self(9)
• smk_user_access(9)
• smk_write_access(9)
• smk_open_load2(9)
• smk_write_load2(9)
• smk_open_load_self2(9)
• smk_write_load_self2(9)
• smk_write_access2(9)
• smk_write_revoke_subj(9)
• smk_init_sysfs(9)
• smk_write_change_rule(9)
• smk_read_syslog(9)
• smk_write_syslog(9)
• smk_open_relabel_self(9)
• smk_write_relabel_self(9)
• smk_read_ptrace(9)
• smk_write_ptrace(9)
• smk_fill_super(9)
• smk_get_tree(9)
• smk_init_fs_context(9)
• init_smk_fs(9)

Source/version: ./security/smack · date: October 2026 · page: smk_open_cipso(9) — mwah, bestie 💋✨