svc_rdma_xb_linearize(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 svc_rdma_xb_linearize — a whole vibe check

ok so first things first, bestie: this page lives in the Kernel API Manual (section 9, the kernel-functions girlies 🧚), and it's about one very specific little errand. Let's get into it.

✨ NAME ✨

svc_rdma_xb_linearize — literally just copies a region of an xdr_buf into a flat buffer. that's the whole job. no cap. 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int svc_rdma_xb_linearize (const struct xdr_buf *xdr , void *data );

look at her. iconic signature. yes the spacing is Like That, don't touch it 💅

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • xdr — the xdr_buf that's holding the portion of an RPC message we're supposed to copy. she's the source of truth, the main character of this function ngl 🌈
  • data — a pointer to arguments. that's it, that's the whole description, keep scrolling 😭

⭐ RETURN ⭐

Always zero. fr fr, always. no drama, no error codes, no surprises — this function does not miss and she does not fail. 💀✨

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

ok so the kernel file this bad girl lives in is ./net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_sendto.c — go read it if you're feeling brave, it's giving deep lore 👑

and here's the whole friend group, every single one, no skipping:

ok that's the whole page!! go linearize something, bestie, you've got this 🍓💜

and that's a wrap, babe 🎀 this one came straight out of ./net/sunrpc/xprtrdma, dated October 2026, and yeah — the title up top is still svc_rdma_xb_linearize(9), because some things are simply too iconic to change. periodt. 👑💖

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