NAME¶

sockfd_lookup - Go from a file number to its socket slot

SYNOPSIS¶

struct socket * sockfd_lookup(int fd, int * err);

ARGUMENTS¶

fd

err

DESCRIPTION¶

The file handle passed in is locked and the socket it is bound too is returned. If an error occurs the err pointer is overwritten with a negative errno code and NULL is returned. The function checks for both invalid handles and passing a handle which is not a socket.

On a success the socket object pointer is returned.

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