svc_fill_symlink_pathname(9)

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — this is the page for svc_fill_symlink_pathname(9), and it's giving tiny but crucial. 💅

💖 NAME 💖

svc_fill_symlink_pathname — constructs the pathname argument for a VFS symlink call. No cap, that's the whole vibe. ✨

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

char * svc_fill_symlink_pathname (struct svc_rqst *rqstp , struct kvec
       *first , void *p , size_t total );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• rqstp — the svc_rqst we're operating on. That's the main-character request struct, iykyk.
• first — buffer containing the first section of the pathname.
• p — buffer containing the remaining section of the pathname.
• total — total length of the pathname argument.

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

The VFS symlink API demands a NUL-terminated pathname in mapped memory. Like, it is not playing around. 🌸

This function returns a pointer to a NUL-terminated string, or an ERR_PTR. So yes, bestie, it can hand you the string or the error vibe. 😭

⚠️ Caller must free the returned string. That part is mandatory — no forgetting, no ghosting the cleanup. 💀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./net/sunrpc/svc.c
• sunrpc_get_pool_mode(9)
• svc_serv_nrpools(9)
• svc_pool_for_cpu(9)
• svc_create(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)

that's a wrap, bestie 🫶 — this glow-up came from the source/version ./net/sunrpc, dated October 2026, and it lives under svc_fill_symlink_pathname(9) in the Kernel API Manual. 🎀✨