__xdr_commit_encode(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🎀 __xdr_commit_encode(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual page you didn't know you needed 🎀

okay bestie, so this is a page straight out of the Kernel API Manual (yes, that's the manual name, it's giving official 💅) and it's all about one tiny little function that does one very specific, very important job. It's not glamorous, but honestly? It's a supporting character with main character energy. Let's get into it. ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void __xdr_commit_encode (struct xdr_stream *xdr );

like, that's the whole signature. no cap, that's it. 🫶

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • xdr — a pointer to xdr_stream. that's your whole argument list, bestie, one (1) pointer, that's the vibe. 🦋

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so here's the situation. When you're encoding stuff across page boundaries, the kernel doesn't just let you scribble wherever — instead it hands the caller a temporary location to write to, and then later copies all that data into its proper place. xdr_commit_encode is the function that does that copying. that's literally its whole job. it's the cleanup crew. the stage crew after the show. 🎀

Normally, you don't need to call this directly, because the following xdr_reserve_space will do it for you — it's got your back like that. 🫶 But an explicit call may be required at the end of encoding, or any other time when the xdr_buf data might be read. so like, if you're about to peek at the data, commit first. iykyk. 💅

lowkey important: this is one of those "you probably don't need it, but when you need it, you NEED it" functions. no inventing behaviour, that's just what the page says, fr fr. 🌈

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

this list is long, bestie, and not me about to list every single one of them, because they ALL matter. 🍓

like, read them all, they're all icons in their own right. 👑

and that's the page!! 🧚 before you go — this one came from ./net/sunrpc and it's dated October 2026. so like, future vibes. take care of her. 💜💖✨

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