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 fasync_struct * fasync_list;
wait_queue_head_t wait;
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)
fasync_list
Asynchronous wake up list
wait
wait queue for several uses
file
File back pointer for gc
sk
internal networking protocol agnostic socket representation
ops
protocol specific socket operations
COPYRIGHT
Kernel Hackers Manual 2.6. July 2010 STRUCT SOCKET(9)
