rpc_create_client_dir(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 rpc_create_client_dir — the group-chat version 💖

okay so bestie, you found a kernel API manual page — that's rpc_create_client_dir from the Kernel API Manual (section 9, kernel-space functions, iykyk). sit down, hydrate, let's go 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

rpc_create_client_dir — literally just "create a new rpc_client directory in rpc_pipefs". that's the whole vibe. 🌸

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int rpc_create_client_dir (struct dentry *dentry , const char *name ,
struct rpc_clnt *rpc_client );

yes the spacing is weird, that's how the manpage prints it, leave her alone 💅

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • dentry — the parent of the new directory. like, the folder your new folder lives inside. the mothership. 👑
  • name — the name of the new directory. what you're gonna call her ✨
  • rpc_client — the rpc client to associate with this directory. she comes pre-linked to a client, no cap.

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

so what actually happens?? this function creates a directory at the given path, associated with rpc_clnt 🧚

and inside that directory? oh she's stocked. it will contain:

  • a file named "info" — with some basic information about the client, cute little ID card vibes 🎀
  • plus any "pipes" that may later be created using rpc_mkpipe 🌈

that's it, that's the function. short, sweet, main character energy.

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

go read the kernel file ./net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c first, bestie, it's the source of truth 💜

the whole friend group also includes:

ok tiny heads-up: they're all listed under Kernel file ./net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c in the original, so if you're hunting, that's your map 🗺️

alright that's the page!! sourced from ./net/sunrpc, dated October 2026 — so she's from the future, iconic behaviour honestly 💀✨ bye bestie, go make some directories 🫶💖

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