xs_setup_tcp(9)

💅 xs_setup_tcp(9) — the Kernel API Manual glow-up 🎀

okay so bestie, welcome to the xs_setup_tcp(9) page ✨ this is the kernel API manual entry for setting up a transport to use a TCP socket, and honestly? it's giving "small but mighty" energy 💖

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🌸 NAME 🌸

xs_setup_tcp — Set up transport to use a TCP socket 🦋

like, that's the whole mission. set up the transport, make it use a TCP socket, slay 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct rpc_xprt * xs_setup_tcp (struct xprt_create *args );

yup, that's the signature, no cap — it takes your args and hands you back a struct rpc_xprt * 🫶 literally the main character function of this page 👑

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• args — rpc transport creation arguments 🌈 this is the little bundle of info the function needs to know how to build your transport, and you gotta pass it in. no args, no setup, iykyk 💀

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

okay this list is LONG and it ate, so buckle up bestie 🍓 every single one of these lives in the kernel file ./net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c:

• xs_nospace(9)
• xs_local_send_request(9)
• xs_udp_send_request(9)
• xs_tcp_send_request(9)
• xs_error_report(9)
• xs_close(9)
• xs_destroy(9)
• xs_udp_data_read_skb(9)
• xs_data_ready(9)
• xs_local_state_change(9)
• xs_tcp_state_change(9)
• xs_udp_write_space(9)
• xs_tcp_write_space(9)
• xs_udp_set_buffer_size(9)
• xs_udp_timer(9)
• xs_set_port(9)
• xs_local_setup_socket(9)
• xs_enable_swap(9)
• xs_disable_swap(9)
• xs_tcp_shutdown(9)
• xs_tcp_setup_socket(9)
• xs_tls_handshake_done(9)
• xs_tcp_tls_setup_socket(9)
• xs_connect(9)
• xs_local_print_stats(9)
• xs_udp_print_stats(9)
• xs_tcp_print_stats(9)
• bc_send_request(9)
• xs_setup_local(9)
• xs_setup_udp(9)
• xs_setup_tcp_tls(9)
• xs_setup_bc_tcp(9)
• init_socket_xprt(9)
• cleanup_socket_xprt(9)

like i said — iconic lineup, every single one accounted for 💜 go read them if you're nosy (affectionate) 👀

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and that's the page, bestie 🧚💖 this little baddie comes from ./net/sunrpc, dated October 2026 — so yeah, mark your calendar, it's the xs_setup_tcp(9) moment 🌟 periodt 💅