nfs4_negotiate_security(9)

okay bestie, welcome to the nfs4_negotiate_security(9) page from the Kernel API Manual — yes, the manual name is right there, folded in like a lil bookmark, not copied as a header line 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

in response to an NFS4ERR_WRONGSEC on lookup, return an rpc_clnt that uses the best available security flavor with respect to the secinfo flavor list and the sec= mount options. that's the whole assignment, periodt ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

the call is literally this, no cap:

struct rpc_clnt * nfs4_negotiate_security (struct rpc_clnt *clnt ,
struct inode *inode , const struct qstr *name );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• clnt — RPC client to clone 💅
• inode — directory inode 🦋
• name — lookup name 🌸

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Please call rpc_shutdown_client when you are done with this rpc client. that's it, bestie — a tiny but mighty note, and we respect it 🙈

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

go peek at these icons:

• Kernel file ./fs/nfs/nfs4namespace.c — nfs_find_best_sec(9), nfs_follow_referral(9), nfs4_replace_transport(9) 👑

mwah 💋 source/version: ./fs/nfs, date: October 2026, and this page is still nfs4_negotiate_security(9) — bye bestie, slay 🫶