get_conn_iovec(9)

💖 get_conn_iovec 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — this is the get_conn_iovec(9) page, and it's literally about getting a connection iovec for reading from a socket. no cap. 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

get_conn_iovec — get connection iovec for reading from socket 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct kvec * get_conn_iovec (struct tcp_transport *t , unsigned int
nr_segs );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• t — the TCP transport instance, aka the connection vibe you're working with.
• nr_segs — the number of segments in iov. that's the count, bestie. ✨

💅 RETURN 💅

It returns the existing or newly allocate iovec — yep, that's the exact wording: existing, or newly allocate. 🫶

🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

Kernel file ./fs/smb/server/transport_tcp.c — and the whole squad:

• kvec_array_init(9)
• ksmbd_tcp_new_connection(9)
• ksmbd_kthread_fn(9)
• ksmbd_tcp_run_kthread(9)
• ksmbd_tcp_readv(9)
• ksmbd_tcp_read(9)
• create_socket(9)

okay that's the whole page, bestie! source/version: ./fs/smb/server 🌈 date: October 2026 🌈 manual page: get_conn_iovec(9) 💖 xoxo, your Unix bestie 💅