tls_client_hello_x509(9)

✨ NAME ✨

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tls_client_hello_x509 — request an x.509-based TLS handshake on a socket. 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

the signature is literally this, no edits, no cap:

int tls_client_hello_x509 (const struct tls_handshake_args *args , gfp_t
flags );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• args — socket and handshake parameters for this request 🫶
• flags — memory allocation control flags ✨

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so this is the request an x.509-based TLS handshake on a socket moment. main character behavior, fr fr. Return values: are lowkey the whole plot, so here they are exactly:

• 0 — Handshake request enqueue; ->done will be called when complete ✅
• -ESRCH — No user agent is available 😭
• -ENOMEM — Memory allocation failed 💀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the squad, iykyk:

• Kernel file ./net/handshake/tlshd.c
• tls_handshake_done(9)
• tls_handshake_accept(9)
• tls_client_hello_anon(9)
• tls_client_hello_psk(9)
• tls_server_hello_x509(9)
• tls_server_hello_psk(9)
• tls_handshake_cancel(9)
• tls_handshake_close(9)

okay that’s the whole tls_client_hello_x509(9) page, bestie 💖 — footer says source/version ./net/handshake and date October 2026. byeee, go be iconic 🫶✨