xdr_stream_..._item_absent(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 xdr_stream_encode_item_absent(9) 💅

okay bestie, so this is a page out of the Kernel API Manual (the 9 section, kernel stuff, you know the vibe) and it's about one tiny little function that does exactly one tiny little thing and honestly? she ate. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

xdr_stream_encode_item_absent — encodes a "not present" list item 🫶

like, that's it. that's her whole job. iconic.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int xdr_stream_encode_item_absent (struct xdr_stream *xdr );

one function, one argument, no drama. 💅

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • xdr — pointer to xdr_stream. yes bestie, just a pointer. that's the whole argument. she's low maintenance like that. 🦋

🔥 RETURN 🔥

okay so here's the tea:

  • On success, it returns the length in bytes of XDR buffer consumed. slay. 💖
  • -EMSGSIZE on XDR buffer overflow. 😭 so if you blow past the end of the buffer, that's what you get back — no cap, watch your sizes.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

first up, the kernel file: ./include/linux/sunrpc/xdr.h

and then the whole friend group, fr fr, all of these besties:

bestie the encode girlies and the decode girlies are all here, plus the is_absent / is_present duo for when you just need a vibe check. 🧚

and that's the whole page, periodt. 🎀 this one lives in ./include/linux/sunrpc, dated October 2026, and the manual page itself is xdr_stream_..._item_absent(9) — mwah, see you in the next one 💜💅

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