xprt_rdma_close(9)

💖 xprt_rdma_close(9) — Kernel API Manual 💖

hiii bestie 🫶 welcome to this lil Kernel API Manual moment. we're talking about xprt_rdma_close, and yes it's giving "short but important" energy. let's get into it ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

xprt_rdma_close — close a transport connection

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

void xprt_rdma_close (struct rpc_xprt *xprt );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• xprt — transport context

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so this one gets called during autoclose or during device removal 👀. and bestie, the caller is holding xprt's send lock — that's on purpose 💅. it prevents activity on this transport while the connection is being torn down. no cap, it's a whole "nothing moves while we clean up" vibe 🧚

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

the whole squad, fr fr:

• Kernel file ./net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/transport.c
• xprt_rdma_connect_worker(9)
• xprt_rdma_inject_disconnect(9)
• xprt_rdma_destroy(9)
• xprt_setup_rdma(9)
• xprt_rdma_set_port(9)
• xprt_rdma_timer(9)
• xprt_rdma_set_connect_timeout(9)
• xprt_rdma_connect(9)
• xprt_rdma_alloc_slot(9)
• xprt_rdma_free_slot(9)
• xprt_rdma_allocate(9)
• xprt_rdma_free(9)
• xprt_rdma_send_request(9)

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okay that's the whole page, bestie 🫶 — source/version: ./net/sunrpc/xprtrdma; date: October 2026; manual page: xprt_rdma_close(9). periodt 💅