unpack_strs_table(9)

💅 unpack_strs_table(9) — from the Kernel API Manual, bestie

okay so picture this: it's a unpack_strs_table(9) moment. this little icon is literally out here unpacking a profile transition table and honestly? it's giving main character energy in ./security/apparmor/policy_unpack.c. 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

unpack_strs_table — unpack a profile transition table 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int unpack_strs_table (struct aa_ext *e , const char *name , bool multi
, struct aa_str_table *strs );

like, that's the whole vibe. four args, one int coming back at you. no cap. ✨

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💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• e — the serialized data extent information. this one is NOT NULL, so do not even think about passing a null bestie, i'm serious 🙈
• name — the name of the table. and guess what, this one MAY BE NULL, so it's the chill one of the group 💅
• multi — allow multiple strings on a single entry. yes queen, let them stack 🔥
• strs — the str table to unpack to. also NOT NULL! same rules, no nulls, we don't do that here 😭

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

0 if the table successfully unpacked or wasn't present at all (we love a low-stakes absence 💜). otherwise you get an error. periodt.

ngl, "not present" counting as a success is such a mood — no table, no problem, still 0. 🧚

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay so here's the whole friend group, all of them from the kernel file ./security/apparmor/policy_unpack.c:

• audit_iface(9)
• aa_unpack_u16_chunk(9)
• aa_unpack_nameX(9)
• unpack_dfa(9)
• unpack_profile(9)
• verify_header(9)
• verify_dfa_accept_index(9)
• verify_profile(9)
• aa_unpack(9)

go read them, iykyk 🫶

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