init_smb1_rsp_hdr(9)

🎀 init_smb1_rsp_hdr(9) 🎀

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual (yes, the kernel girlies have their own manual, we been knew) and today's main character is init_smb1_rsp_hdr — it's the function that gets an SMB negotiate response header all set up and ready to slay. 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

init_smb1_rsp_hdr — literally just initializes the smb negotiate response header. that's the whole vibe. 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int init_smb1_rsp_hdr (struct ksmbd_work *work );

like, she takes one thing and she returns an int. simple. iconic. no notes. 👑

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💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• work — the smb work struct that's carrying your smb request 🫶 this is the smb work containing the smb request, so yeah, it's kind of the whole point. she needs it. don't forget it.

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

0 on success 😌✨ — otherwise you get -EINVAL, which is the kernel's way of saying "bestie, no" 💀

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

go read these next, fr fr — they're all in the kernel file ./fs/smb/server/smb_common.c:

• ksmbd_verify_smb_message(9)
• ksmbd_smb_request(9)
• get_smb1_cmd_val(9)
• smb1_check_user_session(9)
• smb1_allocate_rsp_buf(9)
• set_smb1_rsp_status(9)
• ksmbd_extract_shortname(9)

all of them ate, ngl. 🌈

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lowkey reminder: the source lives at ./fs/smb/server and this page is dated October 2026 — putting that here so you can cite me later, iykyk 🧚💜

mwah, study hard and hydrate — your fave kernel bestie, signing off 🍓💖✨