rpc_ntop(9)

okay so bestie, welcome to rpc_ntop(9) from the Kernel API Manual 💅 it’s literally here to construct a presentation address in @buf, and the whole page has main-character energy, no cap.

🎀 NAME 🎀

rpc_ntop — construct a presentation address in @buf. periodt.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

size_t rpc_ntop (const struct sockaddr *sap , char *buf , const size_t buflen );

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• sap — socket address. That’s the socket-address input, lowkey essential.
• buf — construction area. This is where the string gets planted, bestie.
• buflen — size of buf, in bytes. Keep an eye on it, iykyk.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So the way that rpc_ntop() works: it plants a NUL-terminated string in buf and returns the length of the string, excluding the NUL. Otherwise zero is returned. That’s the vibe — string goes in, length comes out, and otherwise you get zero. fr fr.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file: ./net/sunrpc/addr.c
• rpc_pton(9)
• rpc_sockaddr2uaddr(9)
• rpc_uaddr2sockaddr(9)

kiss kiss 💋 — this page comes from ./net/sunrpc and is dated October 2026. bye bestie 🫶