nlm_svc_decode_nlm_notify(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 nlm_svc_decode_nlm_notify(9) 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — this one's a (9) page, which means it's a kernel-internal thing, not your cute little man ls situation. buckle up 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

nlm_svc_decode_nlm_notify — the function that decodes a nlm_notify argument. that's it, that's the whole vibe. it takes the wire bytes and turns them into something the kernel can actually use 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

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

like, she's a bool-returning girly. remember that, it matters later 👀

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

  • rqstp — the RPC transaction context. think of it as the whole group-chat thread this call belongs to 🫶
  • xdr — the source XDR data stream. this is where the raw bytes are coming from, the literal receipts 💅

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

so, the return values, and this is the important part, no cap:

  • true — the procedure arguments were decoded successfully. slay! ✨
  • false — the decode failed. 😭 it happens to the best of us.

that's the entire contract. she either eats or she doesn't, and bool tells you which 🍓

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

kernel file ./fs/lockd/nlm3xdr_gen.c — that's where the source lives, iykyk 👑

and the whole friend group of sibling functions (decode girlies + encode girlies, all iconic):

go read them all, main character energy demands it 💀🌸

ngl this page is short, but every detail in it is doing its job. don't skip the return values. decoding is either a true or a false and there is no in-between 💅

okay bestie, that's the whole page! source lives in ./fs/lockd, and this absolute icon of a manpage is dated October 2026 — see you in the next one, mwah 🧚💜🎀

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