xprt_reconnect_backoff(9)

✨ xprt_reconnect_backoff(9) ✨ — from the Kernel API Manual bestie, section 9, no cap

okay so hii 💖 you found the page for xprt_reconnect_backoff, and honestly? she's a little function with a big job. buckle up 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

xprt_reconnect_backoff — compute the new re-establish timeout 💅

like, that's the whole vibe. she does the math so you don't have to.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void xprt_reconnect_backoff (struct rpc_xprt *xprt , unsigned long
init_to );

she returns void — nothing back, she's just out here doing the work behind the scenes, main character energy but make it humble 🫶

ngl the synopsis line wraps in the original and we're keeping it exactly as-is, fr fr

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• xprt — the transport instance 🚀 literally the RPC transport you're handing her, she needs it, she can't do her thing without it
• init_to — the initial reestablish timeout ⏱️ the starting number she works her magic on

that's it. two args. clean. iconic. 😭

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

this is the part where the manpage goes absolutely feral with the cross-references 💀 she's in good company, all of these live in the kernel file ./net/sunrpc/xprt.c:

• xprt_register_transport(9)
• xprt_unregister_transport(9)
• xprt_find_transport_ident(9)
• xprt_reserve_xprt(9)
• xprt_release_xprt(9)
• xprt_release_xprt_cong(9)
• xprt_request_get_cong(9)
• xprt_release_rqst_cong(9)
• xprt_adjust_cwnd(9)
• xprt_wake_pending_tasks(9)
• xprt_wait_for_buffer_space(9)
• xprt_write_space(9)
• xprt_adjust_timeout(9)
• xprt_disconnect_done(9)
• xprt_schedule_autoclose_locked(9)
• xprt_force_disconnect(9)
• xprt_conditional_disconnect(9)
• xprt_connect(9)
• xprt_reconnect_delay(9)
• xprt_lookup_rqst(9)
• xprt_pin_rqst(9)
• xprt_unpin_rqst(9)
• xprt_request_enqueue_receive(9)
• xprt_request_dequeue_receive_locked(9)
• xprt_update_rtt(9)
• xprt_complete_rqst(9)
• xprt_wait_for_reply_request_def(9)
• xprt_wait_for_reply_request_rtt(9)
• xprt_request_wait_receive(9)
• xprt_request_enqueue_transmit(9)
• xprt_request_dequeue_transmit_locked(9)
• xprt_request_dequeue_transmit(9)
• xprt_request_dequeue_xprt(9)
• xprt_request_prepare(9)
• xprt_request_need_retransmit(9)
• xprt_prepare_transmit(9)
• xprt_request_transmit(9)
• xprt_transmit(9)
• xprt_add_backlog_noncongested(9)
• xprt_reserve(9)
• xprt_retry_reserve(9)
• xprt_release(9)
• xprt_create_transport(9)
• xprt_destroy(9)
• xprt_get(9)
• xprt_put(9)

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and that's the whole page bestie — no DESCRIPTION, no OPTIONS, no exit statuses, she's short and sweet and we love that for her 💜

this lil bundle of joy lives under ./net/sunrpc, dated October 2026, and she's out here in xprt_reconnect_backoff(9) form. mwah 💋 go read the source, iykyk 🧚‍♀️⭐