struct_socket (9) Linux Manual Page

struct_socket – general BSD socket

Synopsis

struct socket {
    socket_state state;
    short type;
    unsigned long flags;
    struct socket_wq __rcu *wq;
    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_NOSPACE, etc)

wq

wait queue for several uses

file

File back pointer for gc

sk

internal networking protocol agnostic socket representation

ops

protocol specific socket operations

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