llc_ui_getname(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 llc_ui_getname(9) — the Kernel API Manual, bestie edition 🎀

okay so real talk, this is a page from the Linux Kernel API Manual and it's about llc_ui_getname — yes that's a mouthful, yes I'm obsessed with her, and yes we're gonna get through it together 🌸

✨ NAME ✨

llc_ui_getname — she returns the address info of a socket. that's it, that's the whole vibe 🦋

🌈 SYNOPSIS 🌈

int llc_ui_getname (struct socket *sock , struct sockaddr *uaddr , int
peer );

not me having to lay the arguments out on two lines because there's genuinely that many characters 😭 it's giving "the compiler doesn't care how pretty it looks," and honestly? respect.

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

  • sock — the socket we're getting the address of. your main character, literally.
  • uaddr — the address structure where we drop the info. think of it as the little basket she puts the answer in 🧺
  • peer — the plot twist: does the user want the local address info or the remote address info? that's the whole question this flag is answering, no cap.

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Return the address information of a socket. periodt 💅

okay but seriously, that's the gig — she's the one you call when you need the address info of a socket, and she delivers it. no drama, no extra lore, just the address information, returned. slay.

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

first up, the kernel file herself: ./net/llc/af_llc.c 📁 — go read her if you want the real behind-the-scenes, iykyk.

and then the whole friend group, and yes I'm listing every single one of them because we don't do "etc." around here, bestie:

the whole roster showed up 🔥 honestly iconic of them.

ngl if you only have time for one, the source file in ./net/llc is right there, go touch some code 🫶

and that's the page!! 💜 this icon was living in ./net/llc and dated October 2026, and she signs off as llc_ui_getname(9) — a true legend, no notes, mwah 🍓✨

bye bestie, go get that address info 🌸

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