centos man page for kernel_recvmsg

Query: kernel_recvmsg

OS: centos

Section: 9

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KERNEL_RECVMSG(9)						 Linux Networking						 KERNEL_RECVMSG(9)

NAME
kernel_recvmsg - Receive a message from a socket (kernel space)
SYNOPSIS
int kernel_recvmsg(struct socket * sock, struct msghdr * msg, struct kvec * vec, size_t num, size_t size, int flags);
ARGUMENTS
sock The socket to receive the message from msg Received message vec Input s/g array for message data num Size of input s/g array size Number of bytes to read flags Message flags (MSG_DONTWAIT, etc...)
DESCRIPTION
On return the msg structure contains the scatter/gather array passed in the vec argument. The array is modified so that it consists of the unfilled portion of the original array. The returned value is the total number of bytes received, or an error.
COPYRIGHT
Kernel Hackers Manual 3.10 June 2014 KERNEL_RECVMSG(9)
Related Man Pages
recv(2) - bsd
recvmmsg(2) - debian
send(2) - ultrix
sendto(2) - ultrix
sctp_recvmsg(3) - hpux
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