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STRUCT 
SOCK_COMMON(9)						 Linux Networking					     STRUCT SOCK_COMMON(9)

NAME
       struct_sock_common - minimal network layer representation of sockets

SYNOPSIS
       struct sock_common {
	 union {unnamed_union};
	 struct proto * skc_prot;
       #ifdef CONFIG_NET_NS
	 struct net * skc_net;
       #endif
       };

MEMBERS
       {unnamed_union}
	   anonymous

       skc_prot
	   protocol handlers inside a network family

       skc_net
	   reference to the network namespace of this socket

DESCRIPTION
       This is the minimal network layer representation of sockets, the header for struct sock and struct inet_timewait_sock.

COPYRIGHT
Kernel Hackers Manual 2.6.					     July 2010						     STRUCT SOCK_COMMON(9)