val_mask_to_str(9)

💅 val_mask_to_str(9) — Kernel API Manual 💅

okay so this is the Kernel API Manual page for val_mask_to_str(9), and it's literally here to help you turn a permission mask into its short string. iconic behavior, no cap ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

val_mask_to_str — convert a perm mask to its short string 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

       int val_mask_to_str (char *str , size_t size , const struct
       val_table_ent *table , u32 mask );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• str — the character buffer where the string gets stored. bestie, it needs at least 10 characters of room 💅
• size — the size of the str buffer, obviously 🫶
• table — a NUL-terminated character buffer of permission characters. and NOT NULL, okay? literally cannot be NULL 😭
• mask — the permission mask to convert. that's the whole vibe check 🔥

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file ./security/apparmor/lib.c: aa_destroy_str_table(9), skipn_spaces(9), aa_info_message(9), aa_perm_mask_to_str(9), aa_apply_modes_to_perms(9), aa_check_perms(9), aa_policy_init(9), aa_policy_destroy(9) 🌈

shoutout to the source/version ./security/apparmor and the date October 2026 — that's the footer energy, bestie, and it ate 💅✨