ib_sa_pack_service(9)

💖 ib_sa_pack_service(9) — the Kernel API Manual, but make it cute 💖

okay so this is the Kernel API Manual page for ib_sa_pack_service(9). It is literally about converting a service record from struct ib_sa_service_rec to IB MAD wire format. That’s the whole assignment, bestie. ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ib_sa_pack_service — Convert a service record from struct ib_sa_service_rec to IB MAD wire format. 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

here is the exact signature, copied character for character, no edits, no “improvements,” okay? 🫶

void ib_sa_pack_service (struct sa_service_rec *rec , void *attribute );

yep, the NAME says struct ib_sa_service_rec and the SYNOPSIS says struct sa_service_rec. that is what the page says, so we are keeping it exactly. 👀

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• rec — the original page says -- undescribed --. mysterious. 🙈
• attribute — also -- undescribed --. the lore is not forthcoming. 💀

that’s all the detail given, bestie. no invented backstory here. 🫡

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• Kernel file ./include/rdma/ib_sa.h struct sa_path_rec_roce(9)
• ib_sa_register_client(9)
• ib_sa_unregister_client(9)
• ib_sa_join_multicast(9)
• ib_init_ah_from_mcmember(9)
• ib_sa_pack_path(9)
• ib_sa_unpack_service(9)
• ib_sa_unpack_path(9)

go read these next, they’re giving related-manpage energy ✨

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okay bye bestie! this one came from source/version ./include/rdma, dated October 2026, and the manual name at the footer is ib_sa_pack_service(9). 💖🎀✨