inet_pton_with_scope(9)

💅 NAME 💅

okay so bestie, this is inet_pton_with_scope(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and it is literally here to convert an IPv4/IPv6 and port to socket address. iconic behavior, no cap ✨

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int inet_pton_with_scope (struct net *net , __kernel_sa_family_t af ,
const char *src , const char *port , struct sockaddr_storage *addr );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• net — the net namespace, and yes it's used for scope handling 🫶
• af — address family: AF_INET, AF_INET6, or AF_UNSPEC for either 👑
• src — the start of the address string ⭐
• port — the start of the port string, or NULL for none 🙈
• addr — output socket address 💖

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

bestie, the whole vibe check is this: return zero on success, and return errno when any error occurs 💀✨

like, that's the contract. zero = slay, errno = something went sideways. periodt 💅

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./net/core/utils.c, plus in4_pton(9), in6_pton(9), and inet_proto_csum_replace16(9) — go read those too, iykyk 📚💜

mwah 💋 signing off from ./net/core — October 2026 — inet_pton_with_scope(9), and that's the whole cute little manual page, bestie 🎀🫶