cifs_setup_ipc(9)

✨ cifs_setup_ipc ✨

okay so bestie, this is one of those kernel API manual pages — specifically cifs_setup_ipc(9) from the Kernel API Manual 💅. it's a tiny little helper function and honestly it's giving "small but mighty" energy 🫶.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

cifs_setup_ipc — a helper that sets up the IPC tcon for the session 💖

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

struct cifs_tcon * cifs_setup_ipc (struct cifs_ses *ses , bool seal );

like, that's the whole signature, no cap ✨

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• ses — the smb session you're issuing the request on, periodt 💅
• seal — tells you if encryption is requested 🔥

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so the way that this works is, a brand new IPC connection gets made and stored in the session's tcon_ipc 🌈. and here's the iconic part: the IPC tcon has the same lifetime as the session — they're literally glued together, bestie 🫶. main character energy fr fr.

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• the kernel file ./fs/smb/client/connect.c 📁
• cifs_get_smb_ses(9)
• cifs_get_tcon(9)

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ngl this one's short and sweet, but like... every flag and every detail still matters, so don't skip the arguments okay? 💀✨

source/version: ./fs/smb/client 🌸 date: October 2026 🎀 — that's a wrap, bestie, slay the kernel 💖🦋✨