rpc_create(9)

💅 rpc_create - create an RPC client and transport with one call ✨

okay so welcome to the rpc_create(9) page, bestie. this is the kernel API manual for the one-call glow-up that makes an RPC client and its transport. iconic. 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

rpc_create - create an RPC client and transport with one call. no cap, that's the whole vibe check. 💖

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

struct rpc_clnt * rpc_create (struct rpc_create_args *args );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• args — the rpc_clnt create argument structure. this is the little bundle of setup info, and yes it's literally named args. 💅

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so rpc_create creates and initializes an RPC transport and an RPC client. both. in one call. main character energy fr fr. 👑

it can ping the server in order to determine if it is up, and to see if it supports this program and version. super useful, lowkey. 🌈

RPC_CLNT_CREATE_NOPING disables this behavior so asynchronous tasks can also use rpc_create. that's the "i have places to be" setting, and it's giving efficiency 😭✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the kernel file ./net/sunrpc/clnt.c is the home base, and these are the related pages, all present and accounted for — no crumbs left behind, bestie 🫶

• rpc_clone_client(9)
• rpc_clone_client_set_auth(9)
• rpc_switch_client_transport(9)
• rpc_clnt_iterate_for_each_xprt(9)
• rpc_cancel_tasks(9)
• rpc_hold_client(9)
• rpc_release_client(9)
• rpc_bind_new_program(9)
• rpc_run_task(9)
• rpc_call_sync(9)
• rpc_call_async(9)
• rpc_run_bc_task(9)
• rpc_prepare_reply_pages(9)
• rpc_peeraddr(9)
• rpc_peeraddr2str(9)
• rpc_localaddr(9)
• rpc_net_ns(9)
• rpc_max_payload(9)
• rpc_max_bc_payload(9)
• rpc_force_rebind(9)
• rpc_clnt_test_and_add_xprt(9)
• rpc_clnt_setup_test_and_add_xprt(9)
• rpc_clnt_add_xprt(9)

source/version ./net/sunrpc · date October 2026 · manual rpc_create(9) 💜✨