svc_auth_flavor(9)

okay so bestie 💖 this is the svc_auth_flavor(9) page from the Kernel API Manual, and it's literally all about grabbing the RPC_AUTH flavor from an RPC transaction. tiny page, main character energy, no cap ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

svc_auth_flavor — return RPC transaction's RPC_AUTH flavor 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

rpc_authflavor_t svc_auth_flavor (struct svc_rqst *rqstp );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• rqstp — RPC transaction context 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Returns an RPC flavor or GSS pseudoflavor.

that's it. that's the whole vibe. iconic, honestly 😌💖

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

go check these out for the full lore, bestie:

• Kernel file ./net/sunrpc/svcauth.c
• svc_authenticate(9)
• svc_set_client(9)
• svc_authorise(9)
• svcauth_map_clnt_to_svc_cred_local(9)
• auth_domain_cleanup(9)

mwah 💋 this page's source/version is ./net/sunrpc, dated October 2026, and yes it's still svc_auth_flavor(9) energy — periodt 🎀✨