xdr_init_decode_pages(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 xdr_init_decode_pages — a Kernel API Manual moment (section 9, bestie)

Okay so picture this: you're deep in net/sunrpc land, and you need an xdr_stream that decodes straight into pages instead of some boring contiguous buffer. That's literally what this function is for. It's xdr_init_decode_pages, it lives in section 9 of the Kernel API Manual, and it's here to set your stream up so the decoding can slay across page boundaries. 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

xdr_init_decode_pages — Initialize an xdr_stream for decoding into pages. That's it, that's the whole vibe. Setup era. 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void xdr_init_decode_pages (struct xdr_stream *xdr , struct xdr_buf *buf
, struct page **pages , unsigned int len );

Yup, returns void — it's giving "I just initialize things, I don't report back". No cap. 💅

👑 ARGUMENTS 👑

Four args, all of them main characters in their own way:

  • xdr — pointer to the xdr_stream struct. This is the stream you're setting up, the one getting all the attention. 🌟
  • buf — pointer to the XDR buffer from which to decode data. The source, the origin story, the place the bytes are coming from. 💖
  • pages — list of pages to decode into. This is the destination, the landing zone, the page-shaped besties receiving the data. 🫶
  • len — length in bytes of the buffer in pages. Yes, bytes. Not vibes. Bytes. 🔥

🔮 SEE ALSO 🔮

Kernel file ./net/sunrpc/xdr.c — go read it, it's iconic. And then the whole extended friend group:

Like, the entire XDR friend group showed up to the group chat. Obsessed. 😭💜

Ngl bestie, if you came here looking for a return value or an error code — there isn't one. It's void. It initializes and it dips. Periodt. 💀

That's the whole page, babe! 🌈 This lil guy came from ./net/sunrpc, dated October 2026, and it's xdr_init_decode_pages(9) — go forth and decode into pages, you absolute icon. ⭐🧚💖

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