dns_resolve_name(9)

💅 dns_resolve_name(9)

okay so bestie, buckle up — this is dns_resolve_name from the Kernel API Manual, and it's literally the girl that does an upcall to resolve a hostname into an ip address. yes, that kind of glow-up for your strings ✨

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int dns_resolve_name (const char *dom , const char *name , size_t
namelen , struct sockaddr *ip_addr );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dom — the DNS domain name, or NULL if you're feeling mysterious and domainless 🫶
• name — the name you actually wanna look up, the main character of this whole operation 👑
• namelen — the length of name, because we do not trust vibes alone, we trust counts 📏
• ip_addr — where the IP address gets returned to you, like a little gift basket 🧺

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Returns zero on success, -ve code otherwise. that's it, that's the whole energy — zero means slay, negative means not slay 😭

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• Kernel file ./fs/smb/client/dns_resolve.c — go read the source, iykyk 📖

lowkey a reminder bestie: -ve means a negative value comes back when things go sideways, no cap. zero = success, negative = the opposite of success 🙈

and that's the page!! brought to you by ./fs/smb/client, dated October 2026 — mwah, go resolve something iconic 💅✨