svc_rdma_encode_write_list(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 svc_rdma_encode_write_list — like, the Kernel API Manual edition ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the glow-up of svc_rdma_encode_write_list(9). this one lives in the Kernel API Manual and honestly? it's giving backend-RDMA-realness, so let's get into it 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

svc_rdma_encode_write_list — Encode RPC Reply's Write chunk list

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

ssize_t svc_rdma_encode_write_list (struct svc_rdma_recv_ctxt *rctxt ,
struct svc_rdma_send_ctxt *sctxt );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • rctxt — the Reply context 💖 it's literally holding all the info about the RPC Call, main character energy fr
  • sctxt — the Send context for the RPC Reply ✨ this one's the vessel

⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

no cap, this is the part where we talk about what you get back 👑

Return values: On success, it returns the length in bytes of the Reply XDR buffer that was consumed by the Reply's Write list 💅 and on XDR buffer overflow you get -EMSGSIZE 😭 periodt.

lowkey important: -EMSGSIZE is the overflow signal, so don't be surprised when it shows up — that's her whole job 🫶

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

like, that's the whole friend group right there 🧚💜 go say hi.

and that's the tea, bestie 🎀 this cutie came from <green>./net/sunrpc/xprtrdma</green> and the version/date stamp is literally October 2026 — iconic, timeless, obsessed 💅✨

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