tipc_listen(9)

💖 tipc_listen — tipc_listen(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual, section 9, and today's main character is tipc_listen(9). this is the kernel-side hook that lets a TIPC socket actually start listening for incoming connections. yes, THE listen. the "i'm open for business" moment. 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

tipc_listen — allow socket to listen for incoming connections

like, literally what it says on the tin. it flips the socket into listening mode so people can come knocking. 🚪💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int tipc_listen (struct socket *sock , int len );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• sock — the socket structure. this is the whole point, this is the girlie we're putting into listen mode. 🌈
• len — (unused). yeah. it's just... there. it's giving decorative. it shows up, it says hi, it does absolutely nothing. do not ask it to do anything, it will not. 💀

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

• 0 on success 🎉
• errno otherwise 😭 (so like, check it, bestie — non-zero means something went sideways)

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

okay this is the part where we link the whole friend group, because tipc_listen does not exist in a vacuum, she has a very large social circle. all of these, no cap:

• Kernel file ./net/tipc/socket.c struct tipc_sock(9)
• tsk_advance_rx_queue(9)
• tsk_rej_rx_queue(9)
• tipc_sk_create(9)
• tipc_release(9)
• __tipc_bind(9)
• tipc_getname(9)
• tipc_poll(9)
• tipc_sendmcast(9)
• tipc_send_group_msg(9)
• tipc_send_group_unicast(9)
• tipc_send_group_anycast(9)
• tipc_send_group_bcast(9)
• tipc_send_group_mcast(9)
• tipc_sk_mcast_rcv(9)
• tipc_sk_conn_proto_rcv(9)
• tipc_sendmsg(9)
• tipc_sendstream(9)
• tipc_send_packet(9)
• tipc_sk_set_orig_addr(9)
• tipc_sk_anc_data_recv(9)
• tipc_recvmsg(9)
• tipc_recvstream(9)
• tipc_write_space(9)
• tipc_data_ready(9)
• tipc_sk_filter_connect(9)
• rcvbuf_limit(9)
• tipc_sk_filter_rcv(9)
• tipc_sk_backlog_rcv(9)
• tipc_sk_enqueue(9)
• tipc_sk_rcv(9)
• tipc_connect(9)
• tipc_accept(9)
• tipc_shutdown(9)
• tipc_setsockopt(9)
• tipc_getsockopt(9)
• tipc_socket_init(9)
• tipc_socket_stop(9)
• tipc_sk_filtering(9)
• tipc_sk_overlimit1(9)
• tipc_sk_overlimit2(9)
• tipc_sk_dump(9)

like i said. huge circle. iykyk. 🫶

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quick vibe check: len is genuinely unused here — that's not me being shady, that's just the facts. don't pass it anything precious expecting it to matter. 🙈

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! this little cutie lives in ./net/tipc and she's dated October 2026 — go forth, listen responsibly, and remember: 0 is slay, errno is not. periodt. 💜✨🔥