PROBE::SOCKET.RECV(3stap)

💖 probe::socket.recvmsg — Socket Tapset, bestie 💖

okay so this is a page from the SystemTap Tapset Reference, and it lives in section 3stap. It's all about one lil probe and honestly? she's important. Let's get into it 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

probe::socket.recvmsg — the message being received on a socket 📬

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

probe socket.recvmsg {}

that's it. that's the whole vibe. no args, no nothing, just her showing up. 💅

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✨ VALUES ✨

these are all the lil goodies you get to peek at when this probe fires 🔍✨

• family — the protocol family value, as in which family this socket belongs to 👨‍👩‍👧
• flags — the socket flags value, the little toggles and settings and such 🚩
• size — message size, measured in bytes 📏
• protocol — the protocol value, aka which protocol is doing the thing 🛰️
• state — the socket state value, like is she connected, listening, what's her deal 💭
• name — the name of this probe, i.e. literally probe::socket.recvmsg identifying herself 🪪
• type — the socket type value 🧬

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✨ CONTEXT ✨

the message receiver. that's the context. she's the one catching the message 🎁🙌

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so here's the tea: this probe fires at the beginning of receiving a message on a socket, and it does that via the sock_recvmsg function. so like, the moment something's coming in? boom, she's there. main character energy fr fr 🔥

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✨ SEE ALSO ✨

• tapset::socket(3stap) — go read this one too bestie, iykyk 📚💖

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and that's the whole page!! slay ✨ this was the SystemTap Tapset Reference, version vibes from September 2026 — periodt, no cap, go read your tapsets 💜🦋🎀