llc_ui_listen(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 llc_ui_listen(9) — from the Kernel API Manual bestie ✨

okay so we're doing a man page from the Kernel API Manual today, and this one's called llc_ui_listen(9) — say it with me, it's giving "socket says yes to friendship requests" 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

llc_ui_listen — the glow-up that lets a normal socket actually accept incoming connections 💌

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

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

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • sock — the socket we're opening up to incoming connections 💖 literally the one getting the main character energy.
  • backlog — how many connections we're willing to queue up. it's the guest list, bestie 📋✨

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so basically: you call this and the socket is now allowed to accept incoming connections — like switching your DMs from "requests only" to "open" 💌

Returns 0 upon success, negative otherwise. no cap, that's the whole vibe check: zero means slay, negative means 😭

ngl bestie, "negative otherwise" is doing a LOT of heavy lifting here, but that's what the page says, so that's what we're saying 💀

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./net/llc/af_llc.c — go read the source, it's iconic:

the whole friend group fr fr 🌈 — and yeah, that's the entire list, not me cherry-picking. obsessed with how thorough that is 💅

okay that's the page!! shoutout ./net/llc for the source, and it's dated October 2026 — yes, the future, because this manual is ahead of its time 🧚✨ mwah, go call llc_ui_listen responsibly bestie 💜

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