ksmbd_decod...ssp_neg_blob(9)

💅 NAME 💅

ksmbd_decode_ntlmssp_neg_blob — bestie, it's a helper function whose whole job is constructing the negotiate blob ✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int ksmbd_decode_ntlmssp_neg_blob (struct negotiate_message *negblob ,
       int blob_len , struct ksmbd_conn *conn );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• negblob — the negotiate blob source pointer, like, the actual thing you're handing over 👀
• blob_len — the length of the authblob message, no cap, you gotta know how big it is 💖
• conn — the connection. the main character of the whole situation, honestly 🫶

🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

Kernel file ./fs/smb/server/auth.c, plus the whole friend group:

• ksmbd_auth_ntlmv2(9)
• ksmbd_decode_ntlmssp_auth_blob(9)
• ksmbd_build_ntlmssp_challenge_blob(9)
• ksmbd_sign_smb2_pdu(9)
• ksmbd_sign_smb3_pdu(9)
• ksmbd_init_rdma_sg(9)
• ksmbd_crypt_rdma(9)

okay that's the whole page, short and iconic, iykyk 💜 this little cutie lives in ./fs/smb/server and the version vibes are dated October 2026 — mwah, go read the other ones too, slay 🧚‍♀️🔥