sock_release(9)

sock_release9

Close a socket

Usage

void sock_release(struct socket * sock);

Arguments

sock

socket to close

Overview

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.

Releases

6 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 5 times.

  1. 4.0
  2. 5.0
  3. 6.0
  4. 7
  5. 8
  6. 9

From linux-manual-4.9 4.9.228-1 in Debian 9 (Stretch). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.