nfs4_decode_dirent(9)

💖 nfs4_decode_dirent 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the nfs4_decode_dirent(9) manual page — this is the iconic little kernel function that decodes a single NFSv4 directory entry stored in the local page cache ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

nfs4_decode_dirent — decode a single NFSv4 directory entry stored in the local page cache 🫶

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int nfs4_decode_dirent (struct xdr_stream *xdr , struct nfs_entry *entry , bool plus );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• xdr — the XDR stream where the entry resides 💫
• entry — the buffer to fill in with entry data 🧺
• plus — a boolean indicating whether this should be a readdirplus entry 👑

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

Returns zero if successful, otherwise a negative errno value is returned. periodt 💀

This function is not invoked during READDIR reply decoding — no cap — but rather whenever an application invokes the getdents(2) system call on a directory already in our cache. it’s giving “cache girlie” energy fr fr 🎀

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Kernel file ./fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c 👀

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mwah 💋 this page is from source/version ./fs/nfs, dated October 2026, and it’s the nfs4_decode_dirent(9) manual page — bye bestie, go decode those dirents slayfully 🌈🫶