smk_open_net4addr(9)

smk_open_net4addr(9) 💅

okay so bestie, this is smk_open_net4addr(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and it is literally the tiny matchmaker for Smack’s netlabel file ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

smk_open_net4addr — the open() for /smack/netlabel 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

the signature is exactly this, no cap:

int smk_open_net4addr (struct inode *inode , struct file *file );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• inode — the inode structure representing the file, fr fr 🦋
• file — the "netlabel" file pointer, periodt 💅

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

this function is giving connect-the-dots: it connects the net4addr_seq_* operations with the /smack/netlabel file_operations 😌✨

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

Kernel file: ./security/smack/smackfs.c, and the whole bestie roll call is:

• 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_open_cipso(9)
• smk_set_cipso(9)
• smk_write_cipso(9)
• smk_open_cipso2(9)
• smk_write_cipso2(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)

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made with 💖 from ./security/smack, dated October 2026, and this queen is smk_open_net4addr(9) — bye bestie 🫶