SOCK_RELEASE(9)                          Linux Networking                         SOCK_RELEASE(9)



NAME
       sock_release - close a socket

SYNOPSIS
       void sock_release(struct socket * sock);

ARGUMENTS
       sock
           socket to close

DESCRIPTION
       The socket is released from the protocol stack if it has a release callback, and the inode
       is then released if the socket is bound to an inode not a file.

COPYRIGHT
Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8.                 January 2017                           SOCK_RELEASE(9)