1STRUCT SOCKET(9)               Linux Networking               STRUCT SOCKET(9)
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NAME

6       struct_socket - general BSD socket
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SYNOPSIS

9       struct socket {
10         socket_state state;
11         short type;
12         unsigned long flags;
13         struct socket_wq __rcu * wq;
14         struct file * file;
15         struct sock * sk;
16         const struct proto_ops * ops;
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MEMBERS

20       state
21           socket state (SS_CONNECTED, etc)
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23       type
24           socket type (SOCK_STREAM, etc)
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26       flags
27           socket flags (SOCK_ASYNC_NOSPACE, etc)
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29       wq
30           wait queue for several uses
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33           File back pointer for gc
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36           internal networking protocol agnostic socket representation
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39           protocol specific socket operations
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42Kernel Hackers Manual 3.10         June 2019                  STRUCT SOCKET(9)
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