nfs_mount(9)

💅 nfs_mount(9) — like, the actual kernel API manual, bestie

okay so you're reading the nfs_mount(9) page from the Kernel API Manual and honestly? it's short, it's sweet, and it gets a file handle for you. let's go 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

nfs_mount — Obtain an NFS file handle for the given host and path</p> 🦋

that's it. that's the whole job. it gets you a handle. icon behavior fr fr.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int nfs_mount (struct nfs_mount_request *info , int timeo , int retrans );

three args, one int back, no cap 💅

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🧚 ARGUMENTS 🧚

• info — pointer to mount request arguments. this is where you hand over the whole vibe of what you're asking for 🫶
• timeo — deciseconds the mount waits for a response before it retries. yes bestie, *deci*seconds, not seconds, read the label ⏱️
• retrans — number of times the mount retries a request. how many chances are we giving it? you decide ✨

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👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

Uses timeout parameters specified by caller. that's the timeo and retrans from above — you're the main character setting the timetable here, it does not pick for you 💅

On successful return, the auth_flavs list and auth_flav_len will be populated with the list from the server — or a faked-up list if the server didn't provide one 🌈 and yeah, a faked-up list is the literal wording, the kernel is out here improvising and honestly? respect 😭

✨ tiny vibe check: those fields being filled in is specifically on successful return, so don't go reading them before you've checked what came back, bestie 🫶

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Kernel file ./fs/nfs/mount_clnt.c — go read the source, iykyk 🦋

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alright bestie, that's the whole page, you ate it up 🍓 this one came from the ./fs/nfs source, dated October 2026, and it's filed under nfs_mount(9) in the Kernel API Manual. mwah 💖 slay responsibly ✨