ksmbd_extract_shortname(9)

🌈 ksmbd_extract_shortname(9) — hey bestie, it's the Kernel API Manual 🌈

Okay so bestie, this is ksmbd_extract_shortname(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and it's literally about pulling a shortname out of a long filename. Lowkey iconic. 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

ksmbd_extract_shortname — get shortname from long filename 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int ksmbd_extract_shortname (struct ksmbd_conn *conn , const char
*longname , char *shortname );

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• conn — connection instance, like the whole vibe of the connection 💫
• longname — source long filename, the main character filename 👑
• shortname — destination short filename, where the short version goes 🎀

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💖 RETURN 💖

So it returns the shortname length, or 0 when the source long name is '.' or '..'. Periodt.

TODO: Though this function conforms the restriction of 8.3 Filename spec, but the result is different with Windows 7's one. need to check. 😭

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🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

Kernel file ./fs/smb/server/smb_common.c and also these besties:

• ksmbd_verify_smb_message(9)
• ksmbd_smb_request(9)
• get_smb1_cmd_val(9)
• init_smb1_rsp_hdr(9)
• smb1_check_user_session(9)
• smb1_allocate_rsp_buf(9)
• set_smb1_rsp_status(9)

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And that's the whole page, bestie! 🫶 This cutie comes from ./fs/smb/server, dated October 2026, and it's still ksmbd_extract_shortname(9) at the end of the day. Slay. 💅✨