PROBE::SOCKET.CREA(3stap)

✨ PROBE::SOCKET.CREA ✨

okay bestie, so this is a page from the SystemTap Tapset Reference — the 3stap manual, probe section 🎀 — and it's all about the moment a socket gets born. yes, the literal beginning of a socket's whole life. it's giving origin story 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

probe::socket.create — the creation of a socket 🦋

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🌈 SYNOPSIS 🌈

probe socket.create {}

that's it. that's the whole thing. no args, no nothing, she just fires. iconic.

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💖 VALUES 💖

these are the lil variables you get to peek at when this probe goes off 👑

• requester — who asked for this socket? it's either the user process or the kernel. 1 = kernel, 0 = user. no in-between, she doesn't do maybes ✨
• protocol — the protocol value, fr fr
• type — the socket type value 🎀
• name — the name of this probe, obviously 💅
• family — the protocol family value 🌸

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🫶 CONTEXT 🫶

the context here is the requester — as in, go look at the requester variable above, that's your whole vibe check for this one 😌

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💀 DESCRIPTION 💀

this probe fires at the beginning of creating a socket. the very beginning. before anything else happens. main character entrance, no cap 🔥

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

• tapset::socket(3stap) — go read that one too bestie, iykyk 💜

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ngl this one's short but she's important. every socket has a first moment and this probe is literally there for it 🥹

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okay that's the page!! much love from the SystemTap Tapset Reference, version situation as printed in the footer (Ver), dated September 2026 💖 bye bestie, go trace some sockets 🧚✨