SOCK_REGISTER

Section: Linux Networking (9)
Updated: February 2011
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NAME

sock_register - add a socket protocol handler  

SYNOPSIS

int sock_register(const struct net_proto_family * ops);
 

ARGUMENTS

ops

description of protocol
 

DESCRIPTION

This function is called by a protocol handler that wants to advertise its address family, and have it linked into the socket interface. The value ops->family coresponds to the socket system call protocol family.  

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