create_socket(9)

💖 create_socket(9) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for create_socket(9) — yes that manual name is right there, we’re being fancy ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

create_socket — create socket for ksmbd/0 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int create_socket (struct interface *iface );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• iface — the interface you’re binding the created socket to. that’s the whole assignment, bestie 💅

🦋 RETURN 🦋

• 0 on success 🎉
• error number otherwise 😭

like… the vibe check is literally: zero means slay, anything else means an error number. no cap.

💅 SEE ALSO 💅

• Kernel file ./fs/smb/server/transport_tcp.c
• kvec_array_init(9)
• get_conn_iovec(9)
• ksmbd_tcp_new_connection(9)
• ksmbd_kthread_fn(9)
• ksmbd_tcp_run_kthread(9)
• ksmbd_tcp_readv(9)
• ksmbd_tcp_read(9)

mwah 💋 — source/version: ./fs/smb/server · date: October 2026 · catch u in create_socket(9) land, bestie 🌈👑