tipc_sk_create(9)

💖 tipc_sk_create(9) — the Kernel API Manual, bestie edition 💖

Okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and it's literally all about tipc_sk_create — the little function that gets your TIPC socket its whole life together. Sit down, grab a strawberry drink 🍓, and let's get into it.

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✨ NAME ✨

tipc_sk_create — create a TIPC socket, no cap 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int tipc_sk_create (struct net *net , struct socket *sock , int protocol
, int kern );

That's the whole signature, character for character, don't come for me 💅

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• net — the network namespace, and heads up bestie: it must be the default network. Not a vibe-adjacent one, the default one. 😭
• sock — a pre-allocated socket structure. It's already sitting there waiting for you, you're not making it here. Iconic of it honestly.
• protocol — the protocol indicator, and plot twist: it must be 0. That's it. Zero. Nothing else slays here. ✨
• kern — asking the real question: was this caused by the kernel, or by userspace? 👀 Inquiring minds want to know.

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🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

So what does this routine actually do? It creates the extra data structures that the TIPC socket needs, initializes them, and then links them all together. That's the whole arc 🧚 Like, it's giving "putting the group chat together and making sure everyone's added." Lowkey essential work, highkey underrated.

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🌈 RETURN 🌈

0 on success, errno otherwise. That's the tea ☕ Slay if you get 0, and if you don't... well, errno will tell you what's up.

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./net/tipc/socket.c struct tipc_sock(9), and like, the entire extended friend group:

• tsk_advance_rx_queue(9)
• tsk_rej_rx_queue(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_listen(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)

Every single one, iykyk 💜 Go read them, they're all main characters in their own right.

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Fr fr, that's the whole page. Nothing skipped, nothing invented, the facts are exactly where they were — just with better vibes now 💅✨

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And that's a wrap, bestie 🎀 this came from ./net/tipc, dated October 2026, and it's filed under tipc_sk_create(9) — periodt. 🦋💖