svc_tcp_release_ctxt(9)

💅 svc_tcp_release_ctxt — a Kernel API Manual moment

okay so bestie, welcome to the glow-up of svc_tcp_release_ctxt(9) 💖 this one lives in the Kernel API Manual and it's basically the cleanup crew of the sunrpc transport world. no cap.

---

✨ NAME ✨

svc_tcp_release_ctxt — Release transport-related resources 🧹✨

like, it frees the stuff that the transport was holding onto. that's the whole vibe.

---

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void svc_tcp_release_ctxt (struct svc_xprt *xprt , void *ctxt );

returns void, so no exit status to obsess over — it just does the thing and dips 🫶

---

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• xprt — the transport which owned the context 👑 this is the main character that was keeping the context alive.
• ctxt — the context from rqstp->rq_xprt_ctxt or dr->xprt_ctxt 🦋 (two possible places it can come from, and both are, like, literally in the original so i'm keeping both, periodt).

---

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the whole friend group, fr fr:

• Kernel file ./net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
• svc_udp_release_ctxt(9)
• svc_tcp_handshake_done(9)
• svc_tcp_handshake(9)
• svc_udp_recvfrom(9)
• svc_udp_sendto(9)
• svc_tcp_recvfrom(9)
• svc_tcp_sendto(9)
• svc_addsock(9)

go read those too, iykyk 📚💅

---

lowkey the briefest manpage ever and honestly? iconic. not a single warning or bug note in sight. ate and left no crumbs 💀✨

---

🌈 that's the tea, bestie — this page comes from ./net/sunrpc, dated October 2026, and it's filed under svc_tcp_release_ctxt(9). slay, go free those resources 🎀🫶💜