STRUCT RNBD_MSG_OPEN(9)

okay so bestie, welcome to struct rnbd_msg_open(9) from the Kernel API Manual — the manual page for a request to open a remote device. It's giving "open the remote device, please" energy, and the fields below are its whole personality. 💖

🌸 NAME 🌸

struct rnbd_msg_open — request to open a remote device. That's the name, that's the vibe, periodt. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct rnbd_msg_open {
    struct rnbd_msg_hdr hdr;
    u8 access_mode;
    s8 dev_name[NAME_MAX];
 };

🫶 Members 🫶

• hdr — the message header, aka the little intro card so the message knows what it is 💌
• access_mode — the mode used to open the remote device; for the valid values, go check enum rnbd_access_mode 🔐
• dev_name — the device path on the remote side 📍

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./drivers/block/rnbd/rnbd-proto.h, plus the whole squad:

• enum rnbd_msg_type(9)
• struct rnbd_msg_hdr(9)
• struct rnbd_msg_sess_info(9)
• struct rnbd_msg_sess_info_rsp(9)
• struct rnbd_msg_close(9)
• struct rnbd_msg_open_rsp(9)
• struct rnbd_msg_io(9)
• enum rnbd_io_flags(9)

xoxo, ./drivers/block/rnbd — October 2026 — all about struct rnbd_msg_open(9) 🫶💅