PROBE::SOCKET.RECE(3stap)

💖 probe::socket.receive 💖

okay bestie, so this is a SystemTap tapset probe page — a manual page for the socket tapset family, specifically the one that fires when a message lands on a socket. it's giving notifications but for packets ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

probe::socket.receive — Message received on a socket. 🫶

that's it, that's the whole vibe: somebody got a message. 💌

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

probe socket.receive {}

no args, no fancy setup, just the probe and its curly little brackets. she's low maintenance. 💅

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🎀 VALUES 🎀

these are all the goodies you get handed when this probe fires. every single one, no skipping, periodt:

• state — the socket state value, like what chapter of its life the socket is in rn.
• protocol — the protocol value. which protocol are we talking about? this. this is that.
• type — the socket type value, aka what flavour of socket she is.
• name — the name of this probe. hi, it's me, your probe name. 👋
• size — the size of the message received, in bytes. but — and this is important — if success = 0, then this is the error code instead. not me getting two totally different things out of one variable 😭
• flags — the socket flags value. flags. we love flags. 🚩
• success — was the send successful? 1 = yes, 0 = no. a simple girl. a binary girl. 💀
• family — the protocol family value. the whole family tree, iconic. 👑

ngl the size one is the sneaky one — same name, two meanings, depending on success. read carefully bestie, that's the main character plot twist of this page. 🌈

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🦋 CONTEXT 🦋

The message receiver. 📬

aka: the thing that's on the receiving end of the message. she's not the sender, she's the one catching the vibe. 🫶

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🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

• tapset::socket(3stap) — go read the whole socket tapset family if you want the full lore. iykyk. 💜

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and that's the page bestie!! this one's from the SystemTap Tapset Reference, dated September 2026 — so go forth, catch those messages, and remember: check success before you trust size. 💖✨🎀🦋🌸💅