nfs4_get_clid_cred(9)

✨ nfs4_get_clid_cred(9) ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — today’s main character is nfs4_get_clid_cred, and we’re gonna get you fully caught up. no cap.

🌸 NAME 🌸

nfs4_get_clid_cred — acquire credential for a setclientid operation

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

const struct cred * nfs4_get_clid_cred (struct nfs_client *clp );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• clp — client state handle

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Returns a cred with reference count bumped, or NULL. that’s the whole vibe.

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file ./fs/nfs/nfs4state.c, plus these iconic little references:

• nfs4_get_renew_cred(9)
• nfs41_discover_server_trunking(9)
• nfs4_get_state_owner(9)
• nfs4_put_state_owner(9)
• nfs4_purge_state_owners(9)
• nfs4_free_state_owners(9)
• nfs4_schedule_migration_recovery(9)
• nfs4_schedule_lease_moved_recovery(9)
• nfs4_discover_server_trunking(9)

source/version: ./fs/nfs 🫶 date: October 2026 — nfs4_get_clid_cred(9) signing off, mwah 💋