rpc_sockaddr2uaddr(9)

okay bestie, welcome to rpc_sockaddr2uaddr(9) from the Kernel API Manual — it’s literally giving “construct a universal address string from a socket address” energy, and we’re obsessed. 🦋✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

rpc_sockaddr2uaddr — Construct a universal address string from @sap. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

char * rpc_sockaddr2uaddr (const struct sockaddr *sap , gfp_t gfp_flags
);

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• sap — socket address. that’s the address bestie, the thing being converted. 🫶
• gfp_flags — allocation mode. the allocation vibe check, no cap. 🌈

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

It returns a NUL-terminated string in dynamically allocated memory; otherwise NULL is returned if an error occurred. 😭

And bestie, the caller must free the returned string — that’s your responsibility, fr fr. 🧚‍♀️

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

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

go give these a read too, iykyk 👑✨

mwah 💋 — source/version: ./net/sunrpc, date: October 2026, page: rpc_sockaddr2uaddr(9). stay allocated, bestie 💅✨