svc_thread_should_stop(9)

svc_thread_should_stop(9) 💅

okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual, bestie ✨ — this page is literally all about svc_thread_should_stop, and it's lowkey a whole vibe check for an svc thread.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

svc_thread_should_stop — check if this thread should stop

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

bool svc_thread_should_stop (struct svc_rqst *rqstp );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• rqstp — the thread that might need to stop 👀

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so here's the tea, bestie 🫖 — to stop an svc thread, the pool flags SP_NEED_VICTIM and SP_VICTIM_REMAINS are set. The first thread which sees SP_NEED_VICTIM clears it, becoming the victim using this function. It should then promptly call svc_exit_thread to complete the process, clearing SP_VICTIM_REMAINS so the task waiting for a thread to exit can wake and continue. periodt. 💅

Return values, and yes they're giving main character energy:

• true: caller should invoke svc_exit_thread 🔥
• false: caller should do nothing 😌

no cap: if it says true, you gotta call svc_exit_thread promptly — that's the whole assignment, bestie 🫶

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h — go read it, iykyk 👑

• svc_serv_maxpages(9)
• svc_thread_init_status(9)
• svc_rqst_page_release(9)
• svcxdr_init_decode(9)
• svcxdr_init_encode(9)
• svcxdr_encode_opaque_pages(9)
• svcxdr_set_auth_slack(9)
• svcxdr_set_accept_stat(9)

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xoxo, your kernel bestie 💖 — shipped from ./include/linux/sunrpc, October 2026 ⭐