ksmbd_kthread_fn(9)

🌸 ksmbd_kthread_fn(9) — a Kernel API Manual moment 🌸

okay bestie, grab your iced coffee, because we're diving into the Kernel API Manual and this one is literally the bouncer at the door of your SMB server. no cap.

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✨ NAME ✨

ksmbd_kthread_fn — the function whose whole entire job is to listen for new SMB connections and then callback the server. she's giving front-desk receptionist energy, except the front desk is a kernel thread 🎀

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💅 SYNOPSIS 💅

int ksmbd_kthread_fn (void *p );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• p — the arguments to the forker thread. yep, that's the whole description. she's mysterious, she's lowkey iconic, she's a void * so she could be anything and we simply do not ask questions 🙈

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🔥 RETURN 🔥

• 0 on success — slay, everything worked ✨
• an error number otherwise — not slay, something went sideways 😭

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the squad. the whole friend group. fr fr:

• Kernel file ./fs/smb/server/transport_tcp.c
• kvec_array_init(9)
• get_conn_iovec(9)
• ksmbd_tcp_new_connection(9)
• ksmbd_tcp_run_kthread(9)
• ksmbd_tcp_readv(9)
• ksmbd_tcp_read(9)
• create_socket(9)

ngl, the transport_tcp.c file is where all the lore lives. go read it, iykyk 💖

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okay that's the whole page, bestie — every flag, every argument, every return value, all of it, no details lost, periodt. this cutie lives over in ./fs/smb/server, dated October 2026, shipped with the Kernel API Manual. mwah, go touch some sockets 🌈💜