rpcb_getport_async(9)

💅 rpcb_getport_async — the Kernel API Manual, bestie edition

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and the star of the show is rpcb_getport_async(9). yes the (9) is part of the name, it's a section number thing, iykyk 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

rpcb_getport_async — obtain the port for a given RPC service on a given host 🌸

like literally, that's the whole job. you got a host, you got a service, you need the port. she gets it. 👑

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void rpcb_getport_async (struct rpc_task *task );

that's it. that's the whole signature. void return, one argument, no cap. ✨

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• task — the task that is waiting for the portmapper request 🫶 like this is the RPC task sitting there, tapping its little foot, waiting on the portmapper to answer. be nice to it.

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so here's the vibe: this one can be called for an ongoing RPC request 🔥 and it can also be used in an async (rpciod) context. so she's flexible, she's asynchronous, she's giving main character energy in the rpciod world 💅

lowkey the whole point is the async part — that's her moment. don't sleep on it.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• the kernel file ./net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c — that's where she lives, go say hi 🦋
• rpcb_register(9) ✨
• rpcb_v4_register(9) ✨

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and that's the page!! mwah 💋 this one's from ./net/sunrpc, dated October 2026, and it's filed under rpcb_getport_async(9) — go forth and portmap, bestie, ily 🫶💜