STRUCT SOCKET(9)                         Linux Networking                        STRUCT SOCKET(9)



NAME
       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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Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8.                 January 2017                          STRUCT SOCKET(9)