ksmbd_conn_alloc(9)

💖 NAME 💖

ksmbd_conn_alloc — initialize a new connection instance, bestie ✨

This is the Kernel API Manual page for it, and yes, we're gonna get you comfy with this function fr fr. 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct ksmbd_conn * ksmbd_conn_alloc (void );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• void — no arguments. Like, none at all. Not a single one. The function said "I need nothing from you" and honestly? Iconic. 💅

🌸 RETURN 🌸

On success you get a ksmbd_conn struct — a whole struct ksmbd_conn *, slay 👑. Otherwise? NULL. That's the vibe check, no cap. 😭

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• Kernel file ./fs/smb/server/connection.c
• ksmbd_conn_get(9)
• ksmbd_conn_put(9)
• ksmbd_conn_free(9)
• ksmbd_conn_handler_loop(9)

okay that's the whole page, bestie 🎀 mwah 💋 — this lil entry lives in ./fs/smb/server, it's dated October 2026, and the header was ksmbd_conn_alloc(9) in case you forgot already. periodt 💅✨