svcxdr_encode_fattr(9)

💅 svcxdr_encode_fattr — bestie's guide to packing NFSv2 file attributes ✨

okay so real talk, this is a page from the Kernel API Manual (yes, the kernel girlies have their own manual, we stay educated 💖) and it's literally about encoding NFSv2 file attributes into an XDR stream. Short page, but we're gonna make it iconic anyway 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

svcxdr_encode_fattr — Encode NFSv2 file attributes ✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

bool svcxdr_encode_fattr (struct svc_rqst *rqstp , struct xdr_stream
*xdr , const struct svc_fh *fhp , const struct kstat *stat );

not me pasting that signature exactly as-is because we do not mess with the source, periodt 💅

🌈 ARGUMENTS 🌈

• rqstp — the Context of a completed RPC transaction 🫶 like, this is the whole vibe of the request that already finished, bestie
• xdr — the XDR stream 🌊 the actual stream we're writing into, main character energy
• fhp — File handle to encode 🔥 the file handle we're about to shove in there
• stat — Attributes to encode ⭐ the attribute goodies themselves

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

So what does it actually do? It gives you back a bool, and here's the vibe check on return values 👑

• false — Send buffer space was exhausted 😭 the buffer said "no ma'am" — you ran out of room
• true — Success 💖 slay, it worked

that's it, that's the whole description, she's lowkey but she serves 🌸

ngl bestie, if you get false back that's not a "cry about it" moment, it's a "the send buffer ran out of space" moment — important distinction 💀

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• Kernel file ./fs/nfsd/nfsxdr.c 🧚
• svcxdr_encode_stat(9)
• svcxdr_decode_fhandle(9)
• nfssvc_encode_nfscookie(9)
• nfssvc_encode_entry(9)

go read the whole friend group, they're all in the same orbit 🪐

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and that's the page, bestie 🫶 brought to you from ./fs/nfsd 💜 dated October 2026 🌸 — version of the Kernel API Manual, obviously, we would never leave the source and date out, iykyk 💅✨