smb2_notify(9)

smb2_notify(9) — Kernel API Manual 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the group chat for kernel people. this one's all about <highlight>smb2_notify</highlight> — the handler for smb2 notify requests. it's giving "I handle notifications so you don't have to" energy. no cap, let's get into it. ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

smb2_notify — handler for smb2 notify request. periodt. that's literally the whole vibe. 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int smb2_notify (struct ksmbd_work *work );

look at that signature. iconic. it takes one pointer and returns an int. we love a simple king. 👑

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• work — the smb work containing the notify command buffer. highkey that's your whole world right there. it's the struct that holds the notify command buffer, so like, everything you need lives inside it. 🫶

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💖 RETURN 💖

Returns 0 on success, otherwise an error. that's it. that's the tweet. if it's zero, slay; if it's not, something went sideways and you gotta deal with it. 😭

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

bestie, there are SO many friends in this friend group. hold onto your iced coffee because the cross-references are about to eat. 🍓

Kernel file ./fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c — that's the home base. and then we got:

• smb2_get_ksmbd_tcon(9)
• smb2_set_err_rsp(9)
• is_smb2_neg_cmd(9)
• is_smb2_rsp(9)
• get_smb2_cmd_val(9)
• set_smb2_rsp_status(9)
• init_smb2_neg_rsp(9)
• smb2_set_rsp_credits(9)
• init_chained_smb2_rsp(9)
• is_chained_smb2_message(9)
• init_smb2_rsp_hdr(9)
• smb2_allocate_rsp_buf(9)
• smb2_check_user_session(9)
• smb2_get_name(9)
• smb2_get_dos_mode(9)
• build_rdma_ctx(9)
• smb3_encryption_negotiated(9)
• decode_rdma_ctx(9)
• smb2_handle_negotiate(9)
• smb2_tree_connect(9)
• smb2_create_open_flags(9)
• smb2_tree_disconnect(9)
• smb2_session_logoff(9)
• create_smb2_pipe(9)
• smb2_set_ea(9)
• smb2_open(9)
• smb2_populate_readdir_entry(9)
• buffer_check_err(9)
• smb2_get_ea(9)
• smb2_query_info(9)
• smb2_close_pipe(9)
• smb2_close(9)
• smb2_echo(9)
• smb2_set_info_file(9)
• smb2_set_info(9)
• smb2_read_pipe(9)
• smb2_set_rdma_key(9)
• smb2_prep_rdma_read(9)
• smb2_current_req_len(9)
• check_rdma_desc(9)
• smb2_parse_rdma_write_transform(9)
• smb2_read_rdma(9)
• smb2_read(9)
• smb2_write_pipe(9)
• smb2_write_rdma(9)
• smb2_write(9)
• smb2_flush(9)
• smb2_cancel(9)
• smb2_lock(9)
• smb2_ioctl(9)
• smb20_oplock_break_ack(9)
• smb21_lease_break_ack(9)
• smb2_oplock_break(9)
• smb2_is_sign_req(9)
• smb2_check_sign_req(9)
• smb2_get_sign_rsp_iov(9)
• smb2_set_sign_rsp(9)
• smb3_check_sign_req(9)
• smb3_set_sign_rsp(9)
• smb3_preauth_hash_rsp(9)

that's the whole squad. literally every single one of them. no gatekeeping. 💀

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okay that's the page, bestie! this is Kernel API Manual material, straight from ./fs/smb/server, dated October 2026. go forth and notify responsibly. i'm obsessed with you for reading all the way down here. mwah! 💜🦋✨