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diff --git a/lib/libc/posix1e/mac_free.3 b/lib/libc/posix1e/mac_free.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..33ef9ec --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libc/posix1e/mac_free.3 @@ -0,0 +1,98 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2001, 2002 Networks Associates Technology, Inc. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This software was developed for the FreeBSD Project by Chris +.\" Costello at Safeport Network Services and NAI Labs, the Security +.\" Research Division of Network Associates, Inc. under DARPA/SPAWAR +.\" contract N66001-01-C-8035 ("CBOSS"), as part of the DARPA CHATS +.\" research program. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote +.\" products derived from this software without specific prior written +.\" permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHORS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd December 21, 2001 +.Dt MAC_FREE 3 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm mac_free +.Nd free MAC label +.Sh LIBRARY +.Lb libc +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In sys/mac.h +.Ft int +.Fn mac_free "mac_t label" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Fn mac_free +function frees the storage allocated to contain a +.Vt mac_t . +.Sh RETURN VALUES +The +.Fn mac_free +function always returns 0. +WARNING: see the notes in the +.Sx BUGS +section regarding the use of this +function. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr mac 3 , +.Xr mac_get 3 , +.Xr mac_prepare 3 , +.Xr mac_set 3 , +.Xr mac_text 3 , +.Xr mac 4 , +.Xr mac 9 +.Sh STANDARDS +POSIX.1e is described in IEEE POSIX.1e draft 17. +Discussion of the draft +continues on the cross-platform POSIX.1e implementation mailing list. +To join this list, see the +.Fx +POSIX.1e implementation page +for more information. +.Sh HISTORY +Support for Mandatory Access Control was introduced in +.Fx 5.0 +as part of the +.Tn TrustedBSD +Project. +.Sh BUGS +POSIX.1e specifies that +.Fn mac_free +will be used to free text strings created using +.Xr mac_to_text 3 . +Because +.Vt mac_t +is a complex structure in the +.Tn TrustedBSD +implementation, +.Fn mac_free +is specific to that type, and must not be used to free the character +strings returned from +.Fn mac_to_text . +Doing so may result in undefined behavior, +including application failure. |