svc_xprt_create_from_sa(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

Okay bestie, welcome to the svc_xprt_create_from_sa(9) page from the Kernel API Manual — this one is literally about adding a new listener to @serv from a socket address. 💖

svc_xprt_create_from_sa — Add a new listener to @serv from socket address

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int svc_xprt_create_from_sa (struct svc_serv *serv , const char
       *xprt_name , struct net *net , struct sockaddr *sap , int flags , const
       struct cred *cred );

That's the exact signature, no cap — character for character, bestie. 🫶

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• serv — target RPC service
• xprt_name — transport class name
• net — network namespace
• sap — socket address pointer
• flags — SVC_SOCK flags
• cred — credential to bind to this transport

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Return local xprt port on success or -EPROTONOSUPPORT on failure. That's the whole plot, bestie — iconic and concise. ✨

💅 SEE ALSO 💅

Kernel file ./net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c — that's where this lives, and the whole squad is here: svc_reg_xprt_class(9), svc_unreg_xprt_class(9), svc_print_xprts(9), svc_xprt_deferred_close(9), svc_xprt_received(9), svc_xprt_create(9), svc_print_addr(9), svc_xprt_enqueue(9), svc_reserve(9), svc_wake_up(9), svc_recv(9), svc_send(9), svc_xprt_close(9), svc_xprt_destroy_all(9), svc_find_listener(9), svc_find_xprt(9), svc_xprt_names(9). Go say hi, they're all linked and ready. 👋🔥

This cutie comes from ./net/sunrpc, dated October 2026, and signs off as svc_xprt_create_from_sa(9) — bye bestie, slay your kernel journey! 💅🎀