smk_write_net6addr(9)

💅 smk_write_net6addr — Kernel API Manual ✨

okay so you're in the 9 section (kernel API, we love that for us) and the page you're reading is smk_write_net6addr 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

smk_write_net6addr — literally the write() girlie for /smack/netlabel 💖

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

ssize_t smk_write_net6addr (struct file *file , const char __user *buf ,
       size_t count , loff_t *ppos );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• file — the file pointer. not actually used, she's just here for the vibe 🙈
• buf — where to get the data from 💌
• count — bytes sent, periodt 💅
• ppos — where to start ⭐

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🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

Bestie, listen. This function accepts only one net6addr per write call — that's the whole rule, no cap. 🫶

She returns the number of bytes written, or an error code, as appropriate 😭✨

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./security/smack/smackfs.c — and the whole extended friend group, 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_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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💀 fr fr that's the whole list, don't make me repeat it

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and that's the page, bestie 🧚‍♀️ sourced straight from ./security/smack, dated October 2026, and living its best life in the Kernel API Manual — go off, queen 🌈👑🍓