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STRUCT SOCKET(9) Linux Networking STRUCT SOCKET(9)

NAME

struct_socket - general BSD socket

SYNOPSIS

struct socket {

socket_state state;
short type;
unsigned long flags;
struct socket_wq __rcu * wq;
struct file * file;
struct sock * sk;
const struct proto_ops * ops; };

MEMBERS

state

socket state (SS_CONNECTED, etc)

type

socket type (SOCK_STREAM, etc)

flags

socket flags (SOCK_ASYNC_NOSPACE, etc)

wq

wait queue for several uses

file

File back pointer for gc

sk

internal networking protocol agnostic socket representation

ops

protocol specific socket operations

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June 2024 Kernel Hackers Manual 3.10