SOCKETCALL(2)						     Linux Programmer's Manual						     SOCKETCALL(2)

NAME

       socketcall - socket system calls

SYNOPSIS

       int socketcall(int call, unsigned long *args);

DESCRIPTION

       socketcall()  is a common kernel entry point for the socket system calls.  call determines which socket function to invoke.  args points to
       a block containing the actual arguments, which are passed through to the appropriate call.

       User programs should call the appropriate functions by their usual names.  Only standard library implementors and kernel  hackers  need	to
       know about socketcall().

CONFORMING TO

       This call is specific to Linux, and should not be used in programs intended to be portable.

NOTES

       On  a  some architectures--for example, x86-64 and ARM--there is no socketcall() system call; instead socket(2), accept(2), bind(2), and so
       on really are implemented as separate system calls.

SEE ALSO

       accept(2), bind(2), connect(2), getpeername(2),	getsockname(2),  getsockopt(2),  listen(2),  recv(2),  recvfrom(2),  recvmsg(2),  send(2),
       sendmsg(2), sendto(2), setsockopt(2), shutdown(2), socket(2), socketpair(2)

COLOPHON

       This  page is part of release 3.44 of the Linux man-pages project.  A description of the project, and information about reporting bugs, can
       be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.

Linux								    2012-10-16							     SOCKETCALL(2)