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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968" /><title>struct socket</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.75.2" /><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="Linux Networking and Network Devices APIs" /><link rel="up" href="ch01.html#id2676067" title="Networking Base Types" /><link rel="prev" href="re01.html" title="enum sock_type" /><link rel="next" href="ch01s02.html" title="Socket Buffer Functions" /></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center"><span>struct socket</span></th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="re01.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Networking Base Types</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ch01s02.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="refentry" title="struct socket"><a id="API-struct-socket"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>struct socket —
general BSD socket
</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv" title="Synopsis"><h2>Synopsis</h2><pre class="programlisting">
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;
}; </pre></div><div class="refsect1" title="Members"><a id="id2670830"></a><h2>Members</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">state</span></dt><dd><p>
socket state (<code class="constant">SS_CONNECTED</code>, etc)
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">type</span></dt><dd><p>
socket type (<code class="constant">SOCK_STREAM</code>, etc)
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">flags</span></dt><dd><p>
socket flags (<code class="constant">SOCK_ASYNC_NOSPACE</code>, etc)
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">fasync_list</span></dt><dd><p>
Asynchronous wake up list
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">wait</span></dt><dd><p>
wait queue for several uses
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">file</span></dt><dd><p>
File back pointer for gc
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">sk</span></dt><dd><p>
internal networking protocol agnostic socket representation
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">ops</span></dt><dd><p>
protocol specific socket operations
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