nlm4svc_proc_granted(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 nlm4svc_proc_granted 💅

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual bestie, and it's about nlm4svc_proc_granted — yes that's a mouthful, we're gonna get through it together 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

nlm4svc_proc_granted — GRANTED: Server grants a previously blocked lock 🔓✨

like, the lock was on hold and now the server is finally sliding it over. it's giving "your table is ready" energy fr fr.

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

__be32 nlm4svc_proc_granted (struct svc_rqst *rqstp );

that's the whole signature, no cap. it returns a __be32 and takes exactly one thing. iconic minimalism 💅

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • rqstp — the RPC transaction context. it's literally the whole vibe of the call, everything the procedure needs to know about the request lives in here 👑

⭐ RETURN ⭐

  • rpc_success — RPC executed successfully. that's it, that's the win, we love a clean success ✨

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so the RPC synopsis goes like this, and pls don't @ me, this is verbatim:

nlm4_res NLMPROC4_GRANTED(nlm4_testargs) = 5;

and here are the permissible procedure status codes — memorize them, they're important 🧚

  • NLM4_GRANTED — the granted lock was accepted. slay, the client said yes 💅✅
  • NLM4_DENIED — the procedure failed, possibly due to internal resource constraints. lowkey a bummer, could just be the box being stretched thin 😭
  • NLM4_DENIED_GRACE_PERIOD — the client host recently restarted and its NLM is re-establishing existing locks, so it is not yet ready to accept callbacks. read that again bestie: it's not yet ready, it's still putting its face on 💀🧴
heads up: NLM4_DENIED and NLM4_DENIED_GRACE_PERIOD are both real outcomes here, so don't go assuming every call comes back NLM4_GRANTED. the grace period one especially — a client that just rebooted is genuinely not going to take your callback yet.

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./fs/lockd/svc4proc.c — like, that's where the actual code lives, go look, iykyk 👀

the whole lockd friend group honestly 🌈🫶

and that's the page!! it lives in ./fs/lockd, dated October 2026 — so like, future vibes but make it kernel 🦋💜 go forth and grant those locks bestie, you're gonna do amazing 🎀✨💖

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