FUNCTION::TCPMIB_LOC(3stap)

✨ NAME ✨

okay bestie, so this is function::tcpmib_local_addr — she's the one who gets the source address 💖 that's it, that's her whole job, and she does it flawlessly.

This page lives in the SNMP Information Tapset, which is part of the 3stap manual — iykyk 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

tcpmib_local_addr:long(sk:long)

that's the whole signature. she takes one thing, she gives you back a long. no notes, no drama 💅

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• sk — this is a pointer to a struct inet_sock 🫶 so like, hand her the socket struct and she'll dig around in it for you. that's the whole vibe.

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

she returns the saddr from a struct inet_sock, and the way she does it?? in host order ✨ no byte-swapping nonsense, no surprise endianness jumpscare, just the source address in the order your CPU actually wants to read it. iconic behavior, truly 💖

ngl this is one of those little helpers that makes you feel like the main character of your own network debugging session 👑

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• tapset::tcpmib(3stap) — go read the whole family, she's not the only one in the tapset, and the rest of them ate too 💅

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and that's the page, bestie!! go get those source addresses, no cap 🌈💖 this was the SystemTap Tapset Reference, Version 5.3 (or wherever your install landed, fr fr), dated September 2026 — ty for coming to my ted talk, mwah 😘🎀🦋