tipc_getname(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 tipc_getname(9) — bestie's guide to the Kernel API Manual ✨

okay so you opened tipc_getname(9) from the Kernel API Manual and honestly? iconic choice. this is the little guy that tells you the port ID of a socket, or of a peer socket. that's it, that's the whole vibe. 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

tipc_getname — get the port ID of a socket or peer socket. literally just that. no cap. 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

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

three args, one int back. she's compact. she's efficient. we stan. 🦋

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

  • sock — the socket structure. the main character, the whole reason we're here. 👑
  • uaddr — the area where the returned socket address goes. it's giving "empty parking spot, fill it in." 🚗
  • peer — okay so this one is a little menu of options, pay attention bestie:
    • 0 = own ID (just you, selfie mode 🙈)
    • 1 = current peer ID (the bff you're talking to rn 💬)
    • 2 = current/former peer ID (the bff OR the ex-friend, could be either 😭)

⭐ RETURN ⭐

0 on success, errno otherwise. so like, if you get a 0 you ate. if not, check your errno, bestie, she's trying to tell you something. 🔥

💀 NOTE 💀

this routine doesn't need to take the socket lock — and she's valid for it — because it only accesses socket information that is unchanging, or which changes in a completely predictable manner. so it's not sloppy, it's intentional. very main-character-energy, very "I know exactly what I'm doing." 💅

ngl this is the kind of note that saves you from a two-hour debugging session at 3am. write it down. 🌙

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole friend group, no one left out, periodt. go say hi:

and that's the page!! 💖✨ this lil masterpiece lives in ./net/tipc, dated October 2026, and she's filed under tipc_getname(9). go forth and get those names, bestie. slay. 🎀🦋💜

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