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SOCKETCALL(2) Linux Programmer's Manual SOCKETCALL(2)

NAME

     socketcall - socket system calls

SYNOPSIS

     #include <linux/net.h>
     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().
     call              Man page
     SYS_SOCKET        socket(2)
     SYS_BIND          bind(2)
     SYS_CONNECT       connect(2)
     SYS_LISTEN        listen(2)
     SYS_ACCEPT        accept(2)
     SYS_GETSOCKNAME   getsockname(2)
     SYS_GETPEERNAME   getpeername(2)
     SYS_SOCKETPAIR    socketpair(2)
     SYS_SEND          send(2)
     SYS_RECV          recv(2)
     SYS_SENDTO        sendto(2)
     SYS_RECVFROM      recvfrom(2)
     SYS_SHUTDOWN      shutdown(2)
     SYS_SETSOCKOPT    setsockopt(2)
     SYS_GETSOCKOPT    getsockopt(2)
     SYS_SENDMSG       sendmsg(2)
     SYS_RECVMSG       recvmsg(2)
     SYS_ACCEPT4       accept4(2)
     SYS_RECVMMSG      recvmmsg(2)
     SYS_SENDMMSG      sendmmsg(2)

CONFORMING TO

     This call is specific to Linux, and should  not  be  used  in  programs
     intended to be portable.

NOTES

     On a some architectures--for example, x86-64 and ARM--there is no sock-
     etcall() system call; instead socket(2), accept(2), bind(2), and so  on
     really are implemented as separate system calls.
     On  x86-32,  socketcall() was historically the only entry point for the
     sockets API.  However, starting in Linux 4.3, direct system  calls  are
     provided  on x86-32 for the sockets API.  This facilitates the creation
     of seccomp(2) filters that filter sockets system calls (for  new  user-
     space  binaries that are compiled to use the new entry points) and also
     provides a (very) small performance improvement.

SEE ALSO

     accept(2), bind(2), connect(2),  getpeername(2),  getsockname(2),  get-
     sockopt(2),   listen(2),  recv(2),  recvfrom(2),  recvmsg(2),  send(2),
     sendmsg(2), sendto(2), setsockopt(2), shutdown(2),  socket(2),  socket-
     pair(2)

COLOPHON

     This  page  is  part of release 4.16 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
     https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.

Linux 2017-09-15 SOCKETCALL(2)

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