SOCK_ALLOC(9)                            Linux Networking                           SOCK_ALLOC(9)



NAME
       sock_alloc - allocate a socket

SYNOPSIS
       struct socket * sock_alloc(void);

ARGUMENTS
       void
           no arguments

DESCRIPTION
       Allocate a new inode and socket object. The two are bound together and initialised. The
       socket is then returned. If we are out of inodes NULL is returned.

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Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8.                 January 2017                             SOCK_ALLOC(9)