xdr_decode_read_segment(9)

💖 xdr_decode_read_segment(9) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for xdr_decode_read_segment(9) — manual name folded in, header line not copied, we're being efficient 💅. This one is literally about decoding the contents of a Read segment, and yes it's giving kernel-internals main character energy.

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✨ NAME ✨

xdr_decode_read_segment — Decode contents of a Read segment

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

__be32 * xdr_decode_read_segment (__be32 *p , u32 *position , u32 *handle , u32 *length , u64 *offset );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• p — Pointer to the undecoded Read segment 🫶
• position — Upon return, the segment's position
• handle — Upon return, the RDMA handle
• length — Upon return, the RDMA length
• offset — Upon return, the RDMA offset

no cap, every one of those "upon return" ones is an output situation — the call fills them in when it comes back ✨

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Return value: Pointer to the XDR item that follows the Read segment. That's it, that's the vibe — the function hands you back the pointer to the next XDR item after the Read segment 💖

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./include/linux/sunrpc/rpc_rdma.h
• xdr_encode_rdma_segment(9)
• xdr_encode_read_segment(9)
• xdr_decode_rdma_segment(9)

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mwah 💋 signing off from the source/version spot ./include/linux/sunrpc, dated October 2026, still on the xdr_decode_read_segment(9) page 🫶✨