nfs_client_r..._delegations(9)

💖 nfs_client_r..._delegations(9) 💖

okay bestie, this page is straight out of the Kernel API Manual, and it’s all about one very specific delegation-returning moment. no cap. ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

nfs_client_return_marked_delegations — return previously marked delegations 💅

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int nfs_client_return_marked_delegations (struct nfs_client *clp );

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🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• clp — nfs_client to process. that’s the whole argument, bestie 🎀

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so real talk: this function is designed to be called by the state manager thread. that’s its whole lane. because of that, it cannot flush the dirty data — no cap — since that could deadlock in case of a state recovery error. 😭 so do not ask it to do that.

it returns zero on success, or a negative errno value. periodt. 🌈

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file: ./fs/nfs/delegation.c — that’s the home base. and here’s the full delegation-adjacent squad, bestie:

• nfs_mark_delegation_referenced(9)
• nfs4_have_delegation(9)
• nfs_inode_reclaim_delegation(9)
• nfs_inode_set_delegation(9)
• nfs_inode_evict_delegation(9)
• nfs4_inode_return_delegation(9)
• nfs4_inode_set_return_delegation_on_close(9)
• nfs4_inode_return_delegation_on_close(9)
• nfs4_inode_make_writeable(9)
• nfs_expire_all_delegations(9)
• nfs_server_return_all_delegations(9)
• nfs_remove_bad_delegation(9)
• nfs_expire_unreferenced_delegations(9)
• nfs_async_inode_return_delegation(9)
• nfs_delegation_find_inode(9)
• nfs_delegation_mark_reclaim(9)
• nfs_delegation_reap_unclaimed(9)
• nfs_mark_test_expired_all_delegations(9)
• nfs_test_expired_all_delegations(9)
• nfs_reap_expired_delegations(9)
• nfs_delegations_present(9)
• nfs4_refresh_delegation_stateid(9)
• nfs4_copy_delegation_stateid(9)
• nfs4_delegation_flush_on_close(9)

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mwah 💋 this little page’s source/version is ./fs/nfs, and it’s dated October 2026 — bye bestie! 🫶💖