VFS_AIO_PTHREAD(8)

💅 vfs_aio_pthread(8) — like, the system administration tools girlies' manual page

okay bestie, welcome to vfs_aio_pthread — a page from the System Administration tools section (that's section 8 for those of you keeping track at home 🎀). Buckle up, this one's short but she MATTERS.

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✨ NAME ✨

vfs_aio_pthread — no cap, she implements async open in Samba vfs using a pthread pool 🧵✨

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

vfs objects = aio_pthread

that's it. that's the whole vibe. simple queen 👑

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so this VFS module is part of the samba(7) suite 💖 — you know, the whole fam.

The aio_pthread VFS module enables asynchronous opens (for new files, okurrr) with aio_pthread:aio open = yes — but ONLY on platforms that have:

• the pthreads API available,
• support for the openat() syscall, and
• support for per thread credentials (aka modern Linux kernels, hi 👋).

The module makes use of the global thread pool, which uses the aio max threads option. so like, that's the pool she's swimming in 🏊♀️

⚠️ bestie listen. This module MUST be listed LAST in any module stack, because the Samba VFS open interface is not thread-safe. not a drill. This module makes direct openat() system calls and does NOT call the Samba VFS open interfaces. she's independent, she's doing her own thing, and she needs to go last. periodt 💅

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🌈 EXAMPLES 🌈

Straight forward use, no thoughts head empty, just vibes:

[cooldata]
     path = /data/ice
     vfs objects = aio_pthread
     aio_pthread:aio open = yes

look at her go 🍓. [cooldata] is giving main character energy, path = /data/ice is the location, and that aio_pthread:aio open = yes is the little switch that makes the async magic happen ✨

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👑 OPTIONS 👑

• aio_pthread:aio open = BOOL — Try async opens for creating new files. 🫶 The default is 'no'.

ngl the default is no, so you DO have to turn her on yourself. she's not gonna do it for you 🙈

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⭐ VERSION ⭐

This man page is part of version 4.24.7-Ubuntu-4.24.7+dfsg-1ubuntu1 of the Samba suite. iconic, honestly 🔥

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💜 AUTHOR 💜

The original Samba software and related utilities were created by Andrew Tridgell 👑. Samba is now developed by the Samba Team as an Open Source project — similar to the way the Linux kernel is developed. fr fr, legends only 🌟

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and that's the whole page bestie, you ate that 🎀

little sign-off for the record books: this was Samba 4.24.7-Ubuntu-4.24.7+dfs (you know the version line), dated 09/13/2026, filed under VFS_AIO_PTHREAD(8) — so when you see her again in the wild, you'll know exactly who she is 💖✨