xdr_set_scratch_buffer (9) Linux Manual Page
xdr_set_scratch_buffer – Attach a scratch buffer for decoding data.
Synopsis
void xdr_set_scratch_buffer(struct xdr_stream *xdr, void *buf, size_t buflen);Arguments
xdr
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- pointer to xdr_stream struct
buf
- pointer to an empty buffer
buflen
- size of ‘buf’
Description
The scratch buffer is used when decoding from an array of pages. If an xdr_inline_decode call spans across page boundaries, then we copy the data into the scratch buffer in order to allow linear access.