1SOCKETCALL(2) Linux Programmer's Manual SOCKETCALL(2)
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6 socketcall - socket system calls
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9 #include <linux/net.h> /* Definition of SYS_* constants */
10 #include <sys/syscall.h> /* Definition of SYS_socketcall */
11 #include <unistd.h>
12 int syscall(SYS_socketcall, int call, unsigned long *args);
14 Note: glibc provides no wrapper for socketcall(), necessitating the use
16 of syscall(2).
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19 socketcall() is a common kernel entry point for the socket system
20 calls. call determines which socket function to invoke. args points
21 to a block containing the actual arguments, which are passed through to
22 the appropriate call.
23 User programs should call the appropriate functions by their usual
25 names. Only standard library implementors and kernel hackers need to
26 know about socketcall().
27 call Man page
29 SYS_SOCKET socket(2)
30 SYS_BIND bind(2)
31 SYS_CONNECT connect(2)
32 SYS_LISTEN listen(2)
33 SYS_ACCEPT accept(2)
34 SYS_GETSOCKNAME getsockname(2)
35 SYS_GETPEERNAME getpeername(2)
36 SYS_SOCKETPAIR socketpair(2)
37 SYS_SEND send(2)
38 SYS_RECV recv(2)
39 SYS_SENDTO sendto(2)
40 SYS_RECVFROM recvfrom(2)
41 SYS_SHUTDOWN shutdown(2)
42 SYS_SETSOCKOPT setsockopt(2)
43 SYS_GETSOCKOPT getsockopt(2)
44 SYS_SENDMSG sendmsg(2)
45 SYS_RECVMSG recvmsg(2)
46 SYS_ACCEPT4 accept4(2)
47 SYS_RECVMMSG recvmmsg(2)
48 SYS_SENDMMSG sendmmsg(2)
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51 This call is specific to Linux, and should not be used in programs in‐
52 tended to be portable.
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55 On some architectures—for example, x86-64 and ARM—there is no socket‐
56 call() system call; instead socket(2), accept(2), bind(2), and so on
57 really are implemented as separate system calls.
58 On x86-32, socketcall() was historically the only entry point for the
60 sockets API. However, starting in Linux 4.3, direct system calls are
61 provided on x86-32 for the sockets API. This facilitates the creation
62 of seccomp(2) filters that filter sockets system calls (for new user-
63 space binaries that are compiled to use the new entry points) and also
64 provides a (very) small performance improvement.
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67 accept(2), bind(2), connect(2), getpeername(2), getsockname(2), get‐
68 sockopt(2), listen(2), recv(2), recvfrom(2), recvmsg(2), send(2),
69 sendmsg(2), sendto(2), setsockopt(2), shutdown(2), socket(2), socket‐
70 pair(2)
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