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SOCKETCALL(2) Linux Programmer's Manual SOCKETCALL(2)
NAME
socketcall - socket system calls
SYNOPSIS
int socketcall(int call, unsigned long *args);
DESCRIPTION
socketcall() is a common kernel entry point for the socket system calls. call determines
which socket function to invoke. args points to a block containing the actual arguments,
which are passed through to the appropriate call.
User programs should call the appropriate functions by their usual names. Only standard
library implementors and kernel hackers need to know about socketcall().
CONFORMING TO
This call is specific to Linux, and should not be used in programs intended to be porta‐
ble.
NOTES
On a some architectures—for example, x86-64 and ARM—there is no socketcall() system call;
instead socket(2), accept(2), bind(2), and so on really are implemented as separate system
calls.
SEE ALSO
accept(2), bind(2), connect(2), getpeername(2), getsockname(2), getsockopt(2), listen(2),
recv(2), recvfrom(2), recvmsg(2), send(2), sendmsg(2), sendto(2), setsockopt(2), shut‐
down(2), socket(2), socketpair(2)
COLOPHON
This page is part of release 3.74 of the Linux man-pages project. A description of the
project, information about reporting bugs, and the latest version of this page, can be
found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.
Linux 2012-10-16 SOCKETCALL(2)
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