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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

socket_state state
socket state (SS_CONNECTED, etc)

short type

socket type (SOCK_STREAM, etc)

unsigned long flags

socket flags (SOCK_NOSPACE, etc)

struct socket_wq __rcu * wq

wait queue for several uses

struct file * file

File back pointer for gc

struct sock * sk

internal networking protocol agnostic socket representation

const struct proto_ops * ops

protocol specific socket operations

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September 2017 Kernel Hackers Manual 4.12