rxrpc_kernel_set_peer_data(9)

💖 rxrpc_kernel_set_peer_data(9) 💖

Okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for the iconic little function that sets app-specific data on a peer. 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

rxrpc_kernel_set_peer_data — set app-specific data on a peer. That's the whole vibe, no cap. 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

The signature is literally giving:

unsigned long rxrpc_kernel_set_peer_data (struct rxrpc_peer *peer ,
       unsigned long app_data );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• peer — the peer you're altering, bestie. Main character peer energy. 👑
• app_data — the data you're setting. That's your little payload moment. 🎀

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

Set the app-specific data on a peer. Slay. ✨

AF_RXRPC makes no effort to retain anything the data might refer to. So like, it's not holding onto your stuff — it does not make any effort to retain what that data might point at. Periodt. 💀

⚠️ Big vibe check: AF_RXRPC makes no effort to retain anything the data might refer to. Keep that in mind, iykyk.

🌈 RETURN 🌈

It returns the previous app_data. Yep — the old one, handed right back to you. 🫶

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

Kernel file ./net/rxrpc/peer_object.c says hi, and here's the whole friend group:

• rxrpc_kernel_get_call_peer(9)
• rxrpc_kernel_get_srtt(9)
• rxrpc_kernel_remote_srx(9)
• rxrpc_kernel_remote_addr(9)
• rxrpc_kernel_get_peer_data(9)

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Signed off with love from ./net/rxrpc, dated October 2026 — mwah 💋✨