rpc_hold_client(9)

💖 rpc_hold_client(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the rpc_hold_client page from the Kernel API Manual — section 9, kernel-flavored, and it's giving "small function, huge responsibility" energy fr fr. It's a whole one-liner of a function and it matters, so buckle up 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

rpc_hold_client — acquire a reference on an rpc_clnt 🫶

like, you're literally just grabbing a refcount. that's it. that's the whole vibe. but do it right or things get ugly 😭

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void rpc_hold_client (struct rpc_clnt *clnt );

no return value, no drama — it's void, bestie 💅

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• clnt — the rpc_clnt you wanna pin 📌 like, this is the client struct you're putting a hold on so it doesn't get yanked out from under you. pin it, queen 👑

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⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

This one pairs with rpc_release_client. 🫶

that's it, that's the description — they're a matched set, a duo, a unit. you hold, you release. hold, release. what goes up must come down, what gets referenced must get unreferenced, periodt. 🔥

ngl, this manpage is short, but that pairing note is the whole point — don't hold a client and then forget to release it, that's the plot of a horror movie 💀

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

okay so here's the whole sunrpc clique, all of them, no cap — every single one, because this function is a team player and the manpage says so 🌈

• Kernel file ./net/sunrpc/clnt.c
• rpc_create(9)
• 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_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)

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and that's the whole page, bestie — short, sweet, and lowkey iconic 🧚‍♀️💖

sign-off szn 🎀 this little gem lives in ./net/sunrpc, and it's dated October 2026 — go hold those clients and release them like the responsible main character you are 👑✨