smk_write_change_rule(9)

✨ NAME ✨

okay so this page is from the Kernel API Manual, and it’s all about smk_write_change_rule — literally the write() for /smack/change-rule. that’s the whole name section, bestie, no cap 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

ssize_t smk_write_change_rule (struct file *file , const char __user
       *buf , size_t count , loff_t *ppos );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• file — the file pointer, obvs 🫶
• buf — data from user space ✨
• count — bytes sent, periodt
• ppos — where to start — and bestie, it must be 0 💀

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file: ./security/smack/smackfs.c

the whole reference squad, in order, no skips:

• 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_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_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)

okay that’s the whole page, bestie 🫶 source/version vibes: ./security/smack, dated October 2026. smk_write_change_rule(9) signing off 💖✨