svc_create(9)

💅 svc_create(9) — from the Kernel API Manual, bestie ✨

okay so picture this: you're deep in the kernel, you're in net/sunrpc, and you need a whole entire RPC service to exist. that's the gig. this page is your girl. 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

svc_create — literally just Create an RPC service. that's it. that's the whole vibe. 👑

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct svc_serv * svc_create (struct svc_program *prog , unsigned int
bufsize , int (*threadfn)(void *data) );

yes it's one line, yes it's long, yes it returns a pointer to struct svc_serv (or NULL, we'll get there 💀). copy it exactly, don't be cute with it.

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• prog — the RPC program your shiny new service is gonna handle. this is the main character. 👑
• bufsize — the maximum message size for prog. keep it honest, bestie. 🔥
• threadfn — a function to service RPC requests for prog. the signature is int (*threadfn)(void *data), so like, it takes a void *data and gives you back an int. slay. ✨

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

ngl this one's short and sweet: it Returns an instantiated struct svc_serv object or NULL. that's the whole description. no cap. 💀

so like — you call it, and either you get a whole real service object back, or you get NULL and you have to deal with that emotionally. the manpage does not elaborate further. iconique of it honestly. 🌈

⚠️ heads up bestie: NULL is a real possibility here. that is all the page says about it. do with that what you will. 🙈

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

okay so there's a lot of siblings, buckle up:

• Kernel file ./net/sunrpc/svc.c
• sunrpc_get_pool_mode(9)
• svc_serv_nrpools(9)
• svc_pool_for_cpu(9)
• svc_create_pooled(9)
• svc_pool_wake_idle_thread(9)
• svc_new_thread(9)
• svc_set_pool_threads(9)
• svc_set_num_threads(9)
• svc_serv_maxthreads(9)
• svc_rqst_replace_page(9)
• svc_rqst_release_pages(9)
• svc_exit_thread(9)
• svc_register(9)
• svc_stat_alloc_counts(9)
• svc_stat_free_counts(9)
• svc_process(9)
• svc_process_bc(9)
• svc_max_payload(9)
• svc_proc_name(9)
• svc_encode_result_payload(9)
• svc_fill_symlink_pathname(9)

that's a whole friend group fr fr. go read them too, iykyk. 📚✨

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and that's the page, bestie!! 💖 this gem lives in ./net/sunrpc and it's stamped October 2026 — so like, bookmark it, screenshot it, tattoo it on your forearm, whatever. mwah. 🎀🦋💅