kvec_array_init(9)

✨ NAME ✨

okay bestie, welcome to kvec_array_init(9) — yes, from the Kernel API Manual — and this whole page is about one job: kvec_array_init will initialize a IO vector segment. that's it, that's the name, and it's giving "small function, very important paperwork" 💅.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

       unsigned int kvec_array_init (struct kvec *new , struct kvec *iov ,
       unsigned int nr_segs , size_t bytes );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• new — the IO vector that's getting initialized, aka the one getting the glow-up ✨
• iov — the base IO vector, the OG source vector you're working from 🫶
• nr_segs — the number of segments in the base iov, literally that count 💫
• bytes — the total iovec length so far for read, so the byte total you've got up to this point 🍓

💖 RETURN 💖

it returns the Number of IO segments — a count of IO segments, no cap. that's the whole return vibe, bestie 👑

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the Kernel file ./fs/smb/server/transport_tcp.c is in the mix, and the see-also besties are:

• get_conn_iovec(9)
• ksmbd_tcp_new_connection(9)
• ksmbd_kthread_fn(9)
• ksmbd_tcp_run_kthread(9)
• ksmbd_tcp_readv(9)
• ksmbd_tcp_read(9)
• create_socket(9)

mwah 💋 — this page is sourced from ./fs/smb/server, dated October 2026, and it's the kvec_array_init(9) manual. byeee, go initialize something cute 💖