STRUCT LSM_ID(9)

✨ struct lsm_id(9) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the struct lsm_id(9) page 💅 this is a Kernel API Manual situation, and honestly? it's giving "small but mighty." let's get into it 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

struct lsm_id — Identify a Linux Security Module.

like, it literally tells you which LSM you're looking at. main character energy fr fr 👑

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

struct lsm_id {
    const char *name;
    u64 id;
 };

look at her. two members. no notes. ate and left no crumbs ✨

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🦋 Members 🦋

• name — the name of the LSM, and listen 👏 it must be approved by the LSM maintainers. no cap, you can't just make one up, that's not how this works 🙈
• id — the LSM ID number, straight from uapi/linux/lsm.h. that's where it lives, that's where you get it 🎀

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💖 Description 💖

okay so the whole vibe of this struct is simple: it contains the information that identifies the LSM. that's it. that's the gig. it's an ID card for your security module and it's iconic for it 💅✨

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./include/linux/lsm_hooks.h struct lsm_info(9)
• lsm_get_xattr_slot(9)

go read those too, iykyk 🧚💜

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and that's the whole page!! short and sweet, just like we like it 🍓

source/version: ./include/linux 💫 date: October 2026 🌸 and yes, the page signs off as struct lsm_id(9) — periodt 💅👑