rpc_clnt_test_and_add_xprt(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🌸 rpc_clnt_test_and_add_xprt(9) 🌸

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for rpc_clnt_test_and_add_xprt(9) — yes that's a whole mouthful, we're gonna get through it together 💖

✨ NAME ✨

rpc_clnt_test_and_add_xprt — literally test and add a new transport to a rpc_clnt. Two jobs, one function, main character energy fr fr 👑

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int rpc_clnt_test_and_add_xprt (struct rpc_clnt *clnt , struct
rpc_xprt_switch *xps , struct rpc_xprt *xprt , void *in_max_connect );

like, it returns an int, and it takes four things. that's the whole vibe check 🫶

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

okay so here's the cast of characters, and every single one of them matters, no skipping 💅

  • clnt — pointer to struct rpc_clnt. this is the client bestie in question 🐚
  • xps — pointer to struct rpc_xprt_switch, (yes there's a lil comma in the original, we keep it, we respect it 🙈)
  • xprt — pointer struct rpc_xprt. the transport itself, the little guy we're testing ✨
  • in_max_connect — pointer to the max_connect value for the passed in xprt transport. like, the connect limit that came in with it, lowkey important 🔥

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

the full squad, everybody's here, no cap. kernel file ./net/sunrpc/clnt.c plus a whole friend group:

ngl if you got here by typing the wrong thing, that's okay, we've all been there 😭 but like, go read rpc_clnt_add_xprt(9) if you wanted the plain version, iykyk 💀

and that's the page bestie!! 🎀 source/version situation: this whole thing lives in ./net/sunrpc, dated October 2026, and the page is rpc_clnt_test_and_add_xprt(9) — slay, ate, periodt 🌈👑💖

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