nbd_get_request_meta_context(3)

🌸 nbd_get_request_meta_context(3) — bestie, is auto meta context request on? 🌸

okay so this page is from the LIBNBD manual, and it's all about checking the automatic meta context request flag on an nbd_handle. It’s giving “did we automatically ask for meta contexts or not?” energy, and honestly? iconic.

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✨ NAME ✨

nbd_get_request_meta_context — see if connect automatically requests meta contexts.

🌟 SYNOPSIS 🌟

#include <libnbd.h>

int nbd_get_request_meta_context (
      struct nbd_handle *h
    );

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

So this call returns the state of the automatic meta context request flag on this handle. That’s the whole tea — no cap.

🎀 RETURN VALUE 🎀

This call returns a boolean value. Yep, boolean vibes only.

😭 ERRORS 😭

On error -1 is returned. Rude, but okay.

Refer to "ERROR HANDLING" in libnbd(3) for how to get further details of the error.

The following parameters must not be NULL: h. For more information see "Non-NULL parameters" in libnbd(3).

🦋 VERSION 🦋

This function first appeared in libnbd 1.16.

If you need to test if this function is available at compile time, check if the following macro is defined:

#define LIBNBD_HAVE_NBD_GET_REQUEST_META_CONTEXT 1

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

nbd_create(3), nbd_set_request_meta_context(3), libnbd(3).

👑 AUTHORS 👑

Eric Blake

Richard W.M. Jones

💜 COPYRIGHT 💜

Copyright Red Hat

🌈 LICENSE 🌈

Okay legal moment — keeping this exactly as it is, because license text is not the place to freestyle:

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA

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kisses bestie, this page shipped with libnbd-1.25.8 and is dated 2026-10-13. 💅✨