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.\"      Date: July 2017
.\"    Manual: Linux Networking
.\"    Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 4.11.6
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.TH "XDR_SET_SCRATCH_BUFF" "9" "July 2017" "Kernel Hackers Manual 4\&.11\&" "Linux Networking"
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.SH "NAME"
xdr_set_scratch_buffer \- Attach a scratch buffer for decoding data\&.
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'void\ xdr_set_scratch_buffer('u
.BI "void xdr_set_scratch_buffer(struct\ xdr_stream\ *\ " "xdr" ", void\ *\ " "buf" ", size_t\ " "buflen" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fIstruct xdr_stream * xdr\fR
.RS 4
pointer to xdr_stream struct
.RE
.PP
\fIvoid * buf\fR
.RS 4
pointer to an empty buffer
.RE
.PP
\fIsize_t buflen\fR
.RS 4
size of \*(Aqbuf\*(Aq
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
The scratch buffer is used when decoding from an array of pages\&. If an
\fBxdr_inline_decode\fR
call spans across page boundaries, then we copy the data into the scratch buffer in order to allow linear access\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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