svc_proc_name(9)

💅 svc_proc_name 💅

okay so real talk, this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, section 9 — yes bestie, the big-kid kernel developer section, we're in the sunrpc part of the tree and it's giving very much "I read ./net/sunrpc/svc.c for fun" energy ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

svc_proc_name — returns the RPC procedure name, but as a string 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

const char * svc_proc_name (const struct svc_rqst *rqstp );

that's it. one function. one argument. zero drama. slay 🫶

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• rqstp — the svc_rqst you wanna operate on, that's the whole vibe 💖

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💀 DESCRIPTION 💀

so like, the return value is a pointer to a NUL-terminated string — that's the entire description, no cap, the manpage said what it said and dipped 😭

pointer. NUL-terminated string. periodt. 👑

ngl bestie, that's literally all the source gives us — no extra lore, no secret behaviour, we're not out here inventing facts 🙈

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the whole sunrpc friend group showed up for this one, and honestly? iconic 🌈

• 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_encode_result_payload(9)
• svc_fill_symlink_pathname(9)

go read them all, i'll wait 🍓

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🧚 sign-off 🧚

this lil masterpiece lives under ./net/sunrpc and got stamped October 2026 — so go forth, call svc_proc_name, get your string, and remember: it's NUL-terminated, bestie, just like we like it 💜🎀

thanks for coming to my ted talk, mwah 💅