struct socket(9)

NAME

struct_socket - general BSD socket

SYNOPSIS

struct socket {
  socket_state state;
  unsigned long flags;
  const struct proto_ops * ops;
  struct fasync_struct * fasync_list;
  struct file * file;
  struct sock * sk;
  wait_queue_head_t wait;
  short type;
};

MEMBERS

state

socket state (SS_CONNECTED, etc)

flags

socket flags (SOCK_ASYNC_NOSPACE, etc)

ops

protocol specific socket operations

fasync_list

Asynchronous wake up list

file

File back pointer for gc

sk

internal networking protocol agnostic socket represen

tation

wait

wait queue for several uses

type

socket type (SOCK_STREAM, etc)

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STRUCT SOCKET(9)