nfsd_svc(9)

✨ nfsd_svc ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the nfsd_svc page from the Kernel API Manual 💅 the whole vibe here is literally "start up or shut down the nfsd server" — that's the one-line glow-up of what this function does 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int nfsd_svc (int n , int *nthreads , struct net *net , const struct
cred *cred , const char *scope );

that's the whole signature, character for character, no cap 🔥

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• n — the number of array members in nthreads 🍓 like, how many slots are we actually looking at here
• nthreads — an array of thread counts, one for each pool ✨ each pool gets its own count, iykyk
• net — the network namespace to operate within 🌐 gotta know where we're living
• cred — the credentials to use for xprt creation 🔐 yes bestie, creds matter
• scope — the server scope value, which defaults to nodename 👑

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so like, this function adjusts the number of threads in each pool and then returns the new total number of threads in the service 🌈 that's the whole thing, and honestly? iconic. it ate and left no crumbs 💅

ngl it's a short description but that's genuinely all the manpage gives us — adjust the pools, hand back the new total, periodt 🫶

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🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

• Kernel file ./fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c
• nfsd_nrthreads(9)
• nfsd_copy_write_verifier(9)
• nfsd_reset_write_verifier(9)
• nfsd_destroy_serv(9)
• nfsd_set_nrthreads(9)
• nfsd_dispatch(9)
• nfssvc_decode_voidarg(9)
• nfssvc_encode_voidres(9)

like, go read all of these too, they're the friend group 💖

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🎀 sign-off 🎀

this page is brought to you by ./fs/nfsd, dated October 2026 — and it's literally a nfsd_svc(9) moment, so slay, bye bestie 💜🦋✨