nfs40_walk_client_list(9)

✨ nfs40_walk_client_list 💅

ok so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, section 9, and honestly? it's a little icon. the whole vibe is "find me the server that actually recognizes this client ID" and i'm obsessed 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int nfs40_walk_client_list (struct nfs_client *new , struct nfs_client
**result , const struct cred *cred );

like yes bestie, three args, one int coming back at you, we love a signature that gets straight to the point ⭐

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• new — the nfs_client carrying the client ID we're gonna test. this is the main character of the operation, no cap 💅
• result — this one's an OUT param! it gets planted with either the found nfs_client or new itself. so like, you give it a seat and it tells you who's sitting there 🪑✨
• cred — the credential used for the trunking test. gotta show your ID at the door, iykyk 🔑

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so what does it actually return? one of three things, and bestie you gotta know which:

• zero
• a negative errno
• a negative NFS4ERR status

and if it hands you back zero, that means an nfs_client pointer has been planted in "result." — yes, in quotes in the original, we're keeping the quotes, periodt 💀

⚠️ NB: nfs40_walk_client_list relies on the new nfs_client being the last nfs_client on the list. like, that's not a suggestion, that's the whole premise. don't come for this function with your nfs_client chilling in the middle of the list, it will not slay 😭

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./fs/nfs/nfs40client.c
• nfs40_init_client(9)
• nfs40_discover_server_trunking(9)

go read those too, they're giving the same energy fr fr 🔥

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and that's the page!! sourced from ./fs/nfs, dated October 2026, filed under nfs40_walk_client_list(9) — mwah, take care of her, she's iconic 👑💜🧚