ksmbd_decode...sp_auth_blob(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ksmbd_decode_ntlmssp_auth_blob 💅

okay so this is a page straight out of the Kernel API Manual — section 9, tiny little corner of the kernel docs — and honestly? it's giving niche but iconic. it's all about decoding an NTLMSSP authenticate blob in ksmbd, and yes we're gonna get through it together, bestie 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

ksmbd_decode_ntlmssp_auth_blob — a helper function that constructs the authenticate blob. literally that's the whole job. no cap 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int ksmbd_decode_ntlmssp_auth_blob (struct authenticate_message
*authblob , int blob_len , struct ksmbd_conn *conn , struct
ksmbd_session *sess , char *sess_key );

so she's an int-returning girly with five params, and we're gonna meet every single one of them right now ⬇️

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • authblob — it's a struct authenticate_message *, and it's the source pointer for the authenticate blob. like, this is where the blob lives. main character energy fr ✨
  • blob_len — an int, and it's the length of the authblob message. gotta know how big the vibe is 💫
  • conn — a struct ksmbd_conn *, aka the connection. that's her 🫶
  • sess — a struct ksmbd_session *, aka the session of the connection. the connection's bestie, if you will 🌸
  • sess_key — a char *, and it's the derived session key output buffer. notice "output" — this one gets written into, iykyk 👑

🔥 RETURN 🔥

  • 0 on success 🎉
  • an error number on error 💀

that's it. that's the whole return contract. no surprises, no plot twists, we love a clear communicator.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the kernel file lives at ./fs/smb/server/auth.c and she rolls with a whole squad — go say hi to all of them:

bestie reminder: if it returns a nonzero error number, that's not a slay, that's a genuine error. handle it 💀

and that's the whole page 🎀 this icon was compiled under ./fs/smb/server, dated October 2026, and it's the ksmbd_decode...sp_auth_blob(9) page — go forth and decode, you gorgeous kernel dev 💖✨

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