ib_pack(9)

🌸 ib_pack(9) — Pack a structure into a buffer 🌸

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual corner 💖 today we're looking at ib_pack(9), and it's giving “small helper, very specific job” energy ✨

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✨ NAME ✨

ib_pack — Pack a structure into a buffer 🎀

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🛠️ SYNOPSIS 🛠️

void ib_pack (const struct ib_field *desc , int desc_len , void *structure , void *buf );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• desc — Array of structure field descriptions 📝
• desc_len — Number of entries in desc 🔢
• structure — Structure to pack from 🧚
• buf — Buffer to pack into 🫶

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

So here's the tea ☕: ib_pack packs a list of structure fields into a buffer, and the whole thing is controlled by the array of fields in desc. That's the vibe 💅

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👀 SEE ALSO 👀

• Kernel file ./drivers/infiniband/core/packer.c 📁
• ib_unpack(9) 🔄

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xoxo from the ./drivers/infiniband/core girlies, dated October 2026, page ib_pack(9) 💖✨