Scroll to navigation

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

COPYRIGHT

March 2016 Kernel Hackers Manual 3.2.