ksmbd_tcp_read(9)

okay bestie, welcome to ksmbd_tcp_read(9) from the Kernel API Manual — this is literally the page about reading data from a socket into the buffer you give it. ✨ No cap, it's a little function with big "socket data goes here" energy. 💅

💖 NAME 💖

ksmbd_tcp_read — read data from socket in given buffer. That's the whole vibe: socket data lands in your buffer. 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

here's the exact signature, character-for-character bestie:

int ksmbd_tcp_read (struct ksmbd_transport *t , char *buf , unsigned int
to_read , int max_retries );

✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• t — the TCP transport instance. like, the transport bestie in question. 💖
• buf — the buffer where read data from the socket gets stored. your data goes here, slay. 🎀
• to_read — how many bytes to read from the socket. the number, periodt. 🔢
• max_retries — how many retries happen if reading from the socket fails. resilience era. 💪

🎀 RETURN 🎀

On success: the number of bytes read from the socket. Otherwise: an error number. That's it, that's the return tea. 😭💖

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the SEE ALSO squad is right here, no skips:

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

okay that's the whole page, bestie. source/version is ./fs/smb/server, dated October 2026, and the page is ksmbd_tcp_read(9) — mwah, bye 💅✨