rpc_unlink(9)

💅 NAME 💅

okay so this is rpc_unlink(9) from the Kernel API Manual — the function that literally removes a pipe. that's the whole vibe. 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void rpc_unlink (struct rpc_pipe *pipe );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• pipe — the pipe to be removed. that's it, that's the girl. 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

after this call, lookups will no longer find the pipe, and any attempts to read or write using preexisting opens of the pipe will return -EPIPE. no cap. 🔥

so yeah, this is a real disappear-into-the-group-chat moment for the pipe: once it's unlinked, those old open handles are not gonna have a good time. 😭

🌸 SEE ALSO 🌸

• Kernel file ./net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
• rpc_queue_upcall(9)
• rpc_mkpipe_dentry(9)
• rpc_init_pipe_dir_head(9)
• rpc_init_pipe_dir_object(9)
• rpc_add_pipe_dir_object(9)
• rpc_remove_pipe_dir_object(9)
• rpc_find_or_alloc_pipe_dir_object(9)
• rpc_create_client_dir(9)
• rpc_remove_client_dir(9)
• rpc_gssd_dummy_populate(9)

source/version: ./net/sunrpc · October 2026 — that's the whole page bestie, mwah 💋✨