svc_find_listener(9)

💖 NAME 💖

svc_find_listener — find an RPC transport instance 🫶

okay bestie, welcome to the svc_find_listener(9) page from the Kernel API Manual ✨ this one is short and sweet: it's your lookup bestie for RPC transports.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct svc_xprt * svc_find_listener (struct svc_serv *serv , const char
       *xcl_name , struct net *net , const struct sockaddr *sa );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• serv — pointer to the svc_serv to search, bestie 🔍
• xcl_name — C string containing the transport's class name 💅
• net — owner net pointer 🌐
• sa — sockaddr containing the address 📬

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

This function returns the transport instance pointer for the endpoint accepting connections/peer traffic from the specified transport class, and matching sockaddr. Like, it's giving “find me that exact listener vibe” 👑

No cap: that's the whole description, and it's iconic for being so direct 💖

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c, plus the whole squad:

• svc_reg_xprt_class(9)
• svc_unreg_xprt_class(9)
• svc_print_xprts(9)
• svc_xprt_deferred_close(9)
• svc_xprt_received(9)
• svc_xprt_create_from_sa(9)
• svc_xprt_create(9)
• svc_print_addr(9)
• svc_xprt_enqueue(9)
• svc_reserve(9)
• svc_wake_up(9)
• svc_recv(9)
• svc_send(9)
• svc_xprt_close(9)
• svc_xprt_destroy_all(9)
• svc_find_xprt(9)
• svc_xprt_names(9)

signed, sealed, and delivered from the ./net/sunrpc source spot — October 2026 edition 🌸 byeee 💜