nlm4_svc_de...4_notifyargs(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 nlm4_svc_decode_nlm4_notifyargs — from the Kernel API Manual, section 9 🎀

okay so bestie, you've stumbled into nlm4_svc_de...4_notifyargs(9), which is the page for nlm4_svc_decode_nlm4_notifyargs. yes the header truncates it, no we're not gonna be weird about it. sit down, hydrate, let's decode some XDR ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

nlm4_svc_decode_nlm4_notifyargs — literally just here to decode a nlm4_notifyargs argument. that's the whole job. she's an icon, she's a specialist 🫶

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

bool nlm4_svc_decode_nlm4_notifyargs (struct svc_rqst *rqstp , struct
xdr_stream *xdr );

yup, that's the signature, character for character, don't come for me 💀

✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

  • rqstp — the RPC transaction context. your main character struct, the whole situation lives in here 👑
  • xdr — the source XDR data stream. this is the stream we're reading from, bestie, key detail 🌊

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so here's the vibe check on return values, listen up:

  • true — procedure arguments decoded successfully. we ate. no crumbs. 🔥
  • false — decode failed. it's giving tragedy, it's giving "try again", ngl 😭

that's it, that's the whole description, she's lowkey mysterious and we respect it 💅

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

first up, the kernel file this all lives in: ./fs/lockd/nlm4xdr_gen.c — go read it if you're feeling nosy 📖

and then the whole friend group, all section 9, all iconic:

bestie the decode squad AND the encode squad all in one list, it's a whole reunion 🎀

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