kernel_listen(9)

💖 kernel_listen(9) 💖

okay so bestie, this is the kernel_listen(9) page from the Kernel API Manual, and it's giving kernel-space socket realness. Let's go. 💅

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💅 NAME 💅

kernel_listen — move socket to listening state (kernel space). periodt.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int kernel_listen (struct socket *sock , int backlog );

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• sock — socket. literally the socket, bestie.
• backlog — pending connections queue size. that's the queue size for pending connections, no cap.

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Returns 0 or an error.

that's the whole vibe check: 0, or an error. iconic and brief. 🎀

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./net/socket.c is right there in the source-y mix. also these absolute icons:

• move_addr_to_kernel(9)
• move_addr_to_user(9)
• sock_read_xattr(9)
• sock_alloc_file(9)
• sock_from_file(9)
• sockfd_lookup(9)
• sock_alloc(9)
• sock_release(9)
• sock_sendmsg(9)
• kernel_sendmsg(9)
• sock_recvmsg(9)
• kernel_recvmsg(9)
• sock_create_lite(9)
• __sock_create(9)
• sock_create(9)
• sock_create_kern(9)
• sock_register(9)
• sock_unregister(9)
• kernel_bind(9)
• kernel_accept(9)
• kernel_connect(9)
• kernel_getsockname(9)
• kernel_getpeername(9)
• kernel_sock_shutdown(9)
• kernel_sock_ip_overhead(9)

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signed off from the ./net corner of the source tree, dated October 2026, and filed under kernel_listen(9) 💖✨🫶