Unit 'Sockets' Package
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AF_ALG

  

Address family: Algorithm sockets.

AF_APPLETALK

  

Address family Appletalk DDP.

AF_ASH

  

Address family: Ash.

AF_ATMPVC

  

Address family: ATM PVCs.

AF_ATMSVC

  

Address family: ATM SVCs.

AF_AX25

  

Address family Amateur Radio AX.25.

AF_BLUETOOTH

  

Address family: Bluetooth sockets.

AF_BRIDGE

  

Address family Multiprotocol bridge.

AF_CAIF

  

Address family: CAIF (Application CPU interface) sockets.

AF_CAN

  

Address family: CAN (Controller Area Network) sockets.

AF_DECnet

  

Address family: Reserved for DECnet project.

AF_ECONET

  

Address family: Acorn Econet.

AF_IB

  

Address family: IB (Infiniband) sockets.

AF_IEEE802154

  

Address family: IEEE802154 sockets.

AF_INET

  

Address family Internet IP Protocol.

AF_INET6

  

Address family IP version 6.

AF_IPX

  

Address family Novell IPX.

AF_IRDA

  

Address family: IRDA sockets.

AF_ISDN

  

Address family: ?

AF_IUCV

  

Address family: IUCV (Inter User Communication Vehicle) sockets.

AF_KCM

  

Address family: KCM (Kernel Connection Multiplexor) sockets.

AF_KEY

  

Address family: PF_KEY key management API.

AF_LLC

  

Address family: Linux LLC.

AF_LOCAL

  

Address family: Unix socket.

AF_MAX

  

Address family Maximum value.

AF_MPLS

  

Address family: MPLS (Multiprotocol Label Switching) sockets.

AF_NETBEUI

  

Address family: Reserved for 802.2LLC project.

AF_NETLINK

  

Address family: ?

AF_NETROM

  

Address family Amateur radio NetROM.

AF_NFC

  

Address family: NFC (Near Field Communication) sockets.

AF_PACKET

  

Address family: Packet family.

AF_PHONET

  

Address family: Phonet sockets.

AF_PPPOX

  

Address family: PPPoX sockets.

AF_QIPCRTR

  

Address family: QIPCRTR (Qualcomm IPC Router) sockets.

AF_RDS

  

Address Family: RDS (Reliable Datagram Sockets) sockets.

AF_ROSE

  

Address family: Amateur Radio X.25 PLP.

AF_ROUTE

  

Address family: Alias to emulate 4.4BSD.

AF_RXRPC

  

Address family: RxRPC sockets.

AF_SECURITY

  

Address family: Security callback pseudo AF.

AF_SMC

  

Address family: SMC (Shared Memory Communication) sockets.

AF_SNA

  

Address family: Linux SNA project.

AF_TIPC

  

Address family: TIPC sockets.

AF_UNIX

  

Address family Unix domain sockets.

AF_UNSPEC

  

Address family Not specified.

AF_VSOCK

  

Address family: VSOCK (hypervisor) sockets.

AF_WANPIPE

  

Address family: Wanpipe API Sockets.

AF_X25

  

Address family Reserved for X.25 project.

AF_XDP

  

Address family: XDP (Express Data Path) sockets.

EADDRINUSE

EADDRNOTAVAIL

EAFNOSUPPORT

EALREADY

ECONNABORTED

ECONNREFUSED

ECONNRESET

EDESTADDRREQ

EDQUOT

EHOSTDOWN

EHOSTUNREACH

EINPROGRESS

EINTR

EISCONN

ELOOP

EMSGSIZE

ENAMETOOLONG

ENETDOWN

ENETRESET

ENETUNREACH

ENOBUFS

ENOPROTOOPT

ENOTCONN

ENOTEMPTY

ENOTSOCK

EOPNOTSUPP

EPFNOSUPPORT

EPROTONOSUPPORT

EPROTOTYPE

EREMOTE

ESHUTDOWN

EsockADDRINUSE

  

Error number when socket address is already in use.

EsockEACCESS

  

Access forbidden error.

EsockEBADF

  

Alias: bad file descriptor.

EsockEFAULT

  

Alias: an error occurred.

EsockEINTR

  

Alias : operation interrupted.

EsockEINVAL

  

Alias: Invalid value specified.

EsockEMFILE

  

Error code ?

EsockEMSGSIZE

  

Wrong message size error.

EsockENOBUFS

  

No buffer space available error.

EsockENOTCONN

  

Not connected error.

EsockENOTSOCK

  

File descriptor is not a socket error.

EsockEPROTONOSUPPORT

  

Protocol not supported error.

EsockEWOULDBLOCK

  

Operation would block error.

ESOCKTNOSUPPORT

ESTALE

ETIMEDOUT

ETOOMANYREFS

EUSERS

EWOULDBLOCK

INADDR_ANY

  

A bitmask matching any IP address on the local machine.

INADDR_NONE

  

A bitmask matching no valid IP address.

IPPROTO_AH

  

authentication header.

IPPROTO_COMP

  

Compression Header Protocol.

IPPROTO_DSTOPTS

  

IPv6 destination options.

IPPROTO_EGP

  

Exterior Gateway Protocol.

IPPROTO_ENCAP

  

Encapsulation Header.

IPPROTO_ESP

  

encapsulating security payload.

IPPROTO_FRAGMENT

  

IPv6 fragmentation header.

IPPROTO_GRE

  

General Routing Encapsulation.

IPPROTO_HOPOPTS

  

IPv6 Hop-by-Hop options.

IPPROTO_ICMP

  

Internet Control Message Protocol.

IPPROTO_ICMPV6

  

ICMPv6.

IPPROTO_IDP

  

XNS IDP protocol.

IPPROTO_IGMP

  

Internet Group Management Protocol.

IPPROTO_IP

  

Dummy protocol for TCP.

IPPROTO_IPIP

  

IPIP tunnels (older KA9Q tunnels use 94).

IPPROTO_IPV6

  

IPv6 header.

IPPROTO_MAX

  

Maximum value for IPPROTO options.

IPPROTO_MTP

  

Multicast Transport Protocol.

IPPROTO_NONE

  

IPv6 no next header.

IPPROTO_PIM

  

Protocol Independent Multicast.

IPPROTO_PUP

  

PUP protocol.

IPPROTO_RAW

  

Raw IP packets.

IPPROTO_ROUTING

  

IPv6 routing header.

IPPROTO_RSVP

  

Reservation Protocol.

IPPROTO_SCTP

  

Stream Control Transmission Protocol.

IPPROTO_TCP

  

Transmission Control Protocol.

IPPROTO_TP

  

SO Transport Protocol Class 4.

IPPROTO_UDP

  

User Datagram Protocol.

IPV6_ADDRFORM

  

Change the IPV6 address into a different address family. Deprecated.

IPV6_ADD_MEMBERSHIP

  

Undocumented Getsockopt option ?

IPV6_AUTHHDR

  

GetSockOpt/SetSockopt: Deliver authentication header messages.

IPV6_CHECKSUM

  

Undocumented Getsockopt option ?

IPV6_DROP_MEMBERSHIP

  

Undocumented Getsockopt option ?

IPV6_DSTOPTS

  

Deliver destination option control messages.

IPV6_HOPLIMIT

  

Deliver an integer containing the HOP count.

IPV6_HOPOPTS

  

Deliver hop option control messages.

IPV6_IPSEC_POLICY

  

Undocumented Getsockopt option ?

IPV6_JOIN_ANYCAST

  

Undocumented Getsockopt option ?

IPV6_JOIN_GROUP

  

GetSockOpt/SetSockopt: Control membership (join group) in multicast groups.

IPV6_LEAVE_ANYCAST

  

Undocumented Getsockopt option ?

IPV6_LEAVE_GROUP

  

GetSockOpt/SetSockopt: Control membership (leave group)in multicast groups.

IPV6_MTU

  

GetSockOpt/SetSockopt: Get/Set the MTU for the socket.

IPV6_MTU_DISCOVER

  

GetSockOpt/SetSockopt: Get/Set Control path MTU Discovery on the socket.

IPV6_MULTICAST_HOPS

  

GetSockOpt/SetSockopt: Get/Set the multicast hop limit.

IPV6_MULTICAST_IF

  

GetSockOpt/SetSockopt: Get/Set device for multicast packages on the socket.

IPV6_MULTICAST_LOOP

  

GetSockOpt/SetSockopt: Control whether socket sees multicast packages that it has sent itself.

IPV6_NEXTHOP

  

sendmsg: set next hop for IPV6 datagram.

IPV6_PKTINFO

  

Change delivery options for incoming IPV6 datagrams.

IPV6_PKTOPTIONS

  

Undocumented Getsockopt option ?

IPV6_PMTUDISC_DO

  

Always DF.

IPV6_PMTUDISC_DONT

  

Never send DF frames.

IPV6_PMTUDISC_WANT

  

Use per route hints.

IPV6_RECVERR

  

GetSockOpt/SetSockopt: Control receiving of asynchronous error options.

IPV6_ROUTER_ALERT

  

GetSockOpt/SetSockopt: Get/Set Pass all forwarded packets containing router alert option.

IPV6_RTHDR

  

Deliver routing header control messages.

IPV6_RTHDR_LOOSE

  

Hop doesn't need to be neighbour.

IPV6_RTHDR_STRICT

  

Hop must be a neighbour.

IPV6_RTHDR_TYPE_0

  

IPv6 Routing header type 0.

IPV6_RXDSTOPTS

  

Undocumented Getsockopt option ?

IPV6_RXHOPOPTS

  

Undocumented Getsockopt option ?

IPV6_RXSRCRT

  

Undocumented Getsockopt option ?

IPV6_UNICAST_HOPS

  

GetSockOpt/SetSockopt: Get/Set unicast hop limit.

IPV6_V6ONLY

  

GetSockOpt/SetSockopt: Handle IPV6 connections only.

IPV6_XFRM_POLICY

  

Undocumented Getsockopt option ?

IPX_TYPE

  

IPX type.

IP_ADD_MEMBERSHIP

  

add an IP group membership.

IP_ADD_SOURCE_MEMBERSHIP

  

join source group.

IP_BLOCK_SOURCE

  

block data from source.

IP_DEFAULT_MULTICAST_LOOP

  

Undocumented ?

IP_DEFAULT_MULTICAST_TTL

  

Undocumented ?

IP_DROP_MEMBERSHIP

  

drop an IP group membership.

IP_DROP_SOURCE_MEMBERSHIP

  

leave source group.

IP_HDRINCL

  

Header is included with data.

IP_MAX_MEMBERSHIPS

  

Maximum group memberships for multicast messages.

IP_MSFILTER

  

Undocumented ?

IP_MTU_DISCOVER

  

Undocumented ?

IP_MULTICAST_IF

  

set/get IP multicast i/f.

IP_MULTICAST_LOOP

  

set/get IP multicast loopback.

IP_MULTICAST_TTL

  

set/get IP multicast ttl.

IP_OPTIONS

  

IP per-packet options.

IP_PKTINFO

  

Undocumented ?

IP_PKTOPTIONS

  

Undocumented ?

IP_PMTUDISC

  

Undocumented ?

IP_PMTUDISC_DO

  

Always DF.

IP_PMTUDISC_DONT

  

Never send DF frames.

IP_PMTUDISC_WANT

  

Use per route hints.

IP_RECVERR

  

Undocumented ?

IP_RECVOPTS

  

Receive all IP options w/datagram.

IP_RECVRETOPTS

  

Receive IP options for response.

IP_RECVTOS

  

Undocumented ?

IP_RECVTTL

  

Undocumented ?

IP_RETOPTS

  

Set/get IP per-packet options.

IP_ROUTER_ALERT

  

Undocumented ?

IP_TOS

  

IP type of service and precedence.

IP_TTL

  

IP time to live.

IP_UNBLOCK_SOURCE

  

unblock data from source.

MCAST_BLOCK_SOURCE

  

block from given group.

MCAST_EXCLUDE

  

Undocumented ?

MCAST_INCLUDE

  

Undocumented ?

MCAST_JOIN_GROUP

  

join any-source group.

MCAST_JOIN_SOURCE_GROUP

  

join source-spec gruoup.

MCAST_LEAVE_GROUP

  

leave any-source group.

MCAST_LEAVE_SOURCE_GROUP

  

leave source-spec group.

MCAST_MSFILTER

  

Undocumented ?

MCAST_UNBLOCK_SOURCE

  

unblock from given group.

MSG_BATCH

  

sendmmsg: more messages coming.

MSG_CMSG_CLOEXEC

  

Set close_on_exec for file descriptor received through SCM_RIGHTS.

MSG_CMSG_COMPAT

  

This message needs 32 bit fixups.

MSG_CONFIRM

  

Send flags: Conform connection.

MSG_CTRUNC

  

Receive flags: Control Data was discarded (buffer too small).

MSG_DONTROUTE

  

Send flags: don't use gateway.

MSG_DONTWAIT

  

Receive flags: Non-blocking operation request.

MSG_EOF

  

Alias for MSG_FIN.

MSG_EOR

  

Receive flags: End of record.

MSG_ERRQUERE

  

Receive flags: ?

MSG_FASTOPEN

  

Send data in TCP SYN.

MSG_FIN

  

Receive flags: ?

MSG_MORE

  

Receive flags: ?

MSG_NOSIGNAL

  

Receive flags: Suppress SIG_PIPE signal.

MSG_NO_SHARED_FRAGS

  

sendpage internal : page frags are not shared.

MSG_OOB

  

Receive flags: receive out-of-band data.

MSG_PEEK

  

Receive flags: peek at data, don't remove from buffer.

MSG_PROBE

  

Do not send. Only probe path f.e. for MTU.

MSG_PROXY

  

Receive flags: ?

MSG_RST

  

Receive flags: ?

MSG_SENDPAGE_DECRYPTED

  

sendpage() internal : page may carry plain text and require encryption.

MSG_SENDPAGE_NOPOLICY

  

sendpage internal : do not apply policy.

MSG_SENDPAGE_NOTLAST

  

sendpage internal : not the last page.

MSG_SYN

  

Receive flags: ?

MSG_TRUNC

  

Receive flags: packet Data was discarded (buffer too small).

MSG_TRYHARD

  

Receive flags: ?

MSG_WAITALL

  

Receive flags: Wait till operation completed.

MSG_WAITFORONE

  

recvmmsg(): block until 1+ packets avail.

MSG_ZEROCOPY

  

Use user data in kernel path.

NoAddress

  

Constant indicating invalid (no) network address.

NoAddress6

  

Constant indicating invalid (no) IPV6 network address.

NoNet

  

Constant indicating invalid (no) network address.

NoNet6

  

Constant indicating invalid (no) IPV6 network address.

PF_ALG

  

Protocol family: Algorithm sockets.

PF_APPLETALK

  

Protocol family: Appletalk DDP.

PF_ASH

  

Protocol family: Ash.

PF_ATMPVC

  

Protocol family: ATM PVCs.

PF_ATMSVC

  

Protocol family: ATM SVCs.

PF_AX25

  

Protocol family: Amateur Radio AX.25.

PF_BLUETOOTH

  

Protocol family: Bluetooth sockets.

PF_BRIDGE

  

Protocol family: Multiprotocol bridge.

PF_CAIF

  

Protocol family: CAIF (Application CPU interface) sockets.

PF_CAN

  

Protocol family: CAN (Controller Area Network) sockets.

PF_DECnet

  

Protocol Family: DECNET project.

PF_ECONET

  

Protocol family: Acorn Econet.

PF_IB

  

Protocol family: IB (InfiniBand) sockets.

PF_IEEE802154

  

Protocol family: IEEE802154 sockets.

PF_INET

  

Protocol family: Internet IP Protocol.

PF_INET6

  

Protocol family: IP version 6.

PF_IPX

  

Protocol family: Novell IPX.

PF_IRDA

  

Protocol family: IRDA sockets.

PF_ISDN

  

Protocol Family: ?

PF_IUCV

  

Protocol family: IUCV (Inter User Communication Vehicle) sockets.

PF_KCM

  

Protocol family: KCM (Kernel Connection Multiplexor) sockets.

PF_KEY

  

Protocol family: Key management API.

PF_LLC

  

Protocol family: Linux LLC.

PF_LOCAL

  

Protocol family: Unix socket.

PF_MAX

  

Protocol family: Maximum value.

PF_MPLS

  

Protocol family: MPLS (Multiprotocol Label Switching.

PF_NETBEUI

  

Protocol family: Reserved for 802.2LLC project.

PF_NETLINK

  

Protocol family: ?

PF_NETROM

  

Protocol family:Amateur radio NetROM.

PF_NFC

  

Protocol family: NFC (Near Field Communication) sockets.

PF_PACKET

  

Protocol family: Packet family.

PF_PHONET

  

Protocol family: RxRPC sockets.

PF_PPPOX

  

Protocol family: PPPoX sockets.

PF_QIPCRTR

  

Protocol family: IPCRTR (Qualcomm IPC Router) sockets.

PF_RDS

  

Protocol family: RDS (Reliable Datagram Sockets) sockets.

PF_ROSE

  

Protocol family: Amateur Radio X.25 PLP.

PF_ROUTE

  

Protocol Family: ?

PF_RXRPC

  

Protocol family: RxRPC sockets.

PF_SECURITY

  

Protocol family: Security callback pseudo PF.

PF_SMC

  

Protocol family: SMC (Shared Memory Communication) sockets.

PF_SNA

  

Protocol Family: Linux SNA project.

PF_TIPC

  

Protocol family: TIPC sockets.

PF_UNIX

  

Protocol family: Unix domain sockets.

PF_UNSPEC

  

Protocol family: Unspecified.

PF_VSOCK

  

Protocol family: VSOCK (hypervisor) sockets.

PF_WANPIPE

  

Protocol family: Wanpipe API Sockets.

PF_X25

  

Protocol family: Reserved for X.25 project.

PF_XDP

  

Protocol family: XDP (Express Data Path) sockets.

SCM_CREDENTIALS

  

socket control messages : credentials.

SCM_RIGHTS

  

socket control messages : access rights.

SCM_SECURITY

  

socket control messages : security label.

SCM_SRCRT

  

Undocumented Getsockopt option ?

SCM_TIMESTAMP

  

Socket option: ?

SHUT_RD

  

Shutdown read part of full duplex socket.

SHUT_RDWR

  

Shutdown read and write part of full duplex socket.

SHUT_WR

  

Shutdown write part of full duplex socket.

SOCK_DGRAM

  

Type of socket: datagram (conn.less) socket (UDP).

SOCK_MAXADDRLEN

  

Maximum socket address length for Bind call.

SOCK_RAW

  

Type of socket: raw socket.

SOCK_RDM

  

Type of socket: reliably-delivered message.

SOCK_SEQPACKET

  

Type of socket: sequential packet socket.

SOCK_STREAM

  

Type of socket: stream (connection) type socket (TCP).

SOL_AAL

  

Socket level: AAL.

SOL_ALG

  

Socket level: Algorithm socket.

SOL_ATALK

  

Socket level: Apple talk.

SOL_ATM

  

Socket level: ATM.

SOL_AX25

  

Socket level: AX25.

SOL_BLUETOOTH

  

Socket level: BlueTooth.

SOL_CAIF

  

Socket level: CAIF (Application CPU interface).

SOL_DCCP

  

Socket level: DCCP.

SOL_DECNET

  

Socket level: DECnet.

SOL_ICMPV6

  

Socket level values for IPv6: ICMPV6.

SOL_IP

  

Undocumented ?

SOL_IPV6

  

Socket level values for IPv6: IPV6.

SOL_IPX

  

Socket level: IPX.

SOL_IRDA

  

Socket level: IRDA.

SOL_IUCV

  

Socket level: IUCV (Inter User Communication Vehicle).

SOL_KCM

  

Socket level: KCM (Kernel Connection Multiplexor) sockets.

SOL_LLC

  

Socket level: LLC.

SOL_NETBEUI

  

Socket level: NETBEUI.

SOL_NETLINK

  

Socket level: NETLink.

SOL_NETROM

  

Socket level: Net ROM.

SOL_NFC

  

Socket level: NFC (Near Field Communication) socket.

SOL_PACKET

  

Socket level: Packet.

SOL_PNPIPE

  

Socket level: PNPIPE.

SOL_PPPOL2TP

  

Socket level: PPPOL2TP.

SOL_RAW

  

Socket level: raw socket.

SOL_RDS

  

Socket level: RDS (Reliable Datagram Socket).

SOL_ROSE

  

Socket level: ROSE.

SOL_RXRPC

  

Socket level: RxRPC.

SOL_SCTP

  

Socket level: SCTP.

SOL_SOCKET

  

Socket option level: Socket level.

SOL_TCP

  

Socket level: TCP.

SOL_TIPC

  

Socket level: TIPC.

SOL_TLS

  

Socket level: TLS.

SOL_UDP

  

Socket level: UDP.

SOL_UDPLITE

  

Socket level: UDP Lite.

SOL_X25

  

Socket level: X25.

SOL_XDP

  

Socket level: XDP (Express Data Path) sockets.

SOMAXCONN

  

Maximum queue length specifiable by listen.

SO_ACCEPTCONN

  

Socket option: ?

SO_ATTACH_FILTER

  

Socket option: ?

SO_BINDTODEVICE

  

Socket option: ?

SO_BROADCAST

  

Socket option: Broadcast.

SO_BSDCOMPAT

  

Socket option: ?

SO_DEBUG

  

Socket option level: debug.

SO_DETACH_FILTER

  

Socket option: ?

SO_DONTROUTE

  

Socket option: Don't route.

SO_ERROR

  

Socket option: Error.

SO_KEEPALIVE

  

Socket option: keep alive.

SO_LINGER

  

Socket option: ?

SO_NO_CHECK

  

Socket option: ?

SO_OOBINLINE

  

Socket option: ?

SO_PASSCRED

  

Socket option: ?

SO_PEERCRED

  

Socket option: ?

SO_PEERNAME

  

Socket option: ?

SO_PRIORITY

  

Socket option: ?

SO_RCVBUF

  

Socket option: receive buffer.

SO_RCVLOWAT

  

Socket option: ?

SO_RCVTIMEO

  

Socket option: ?

SO_REUSEADDR

  

Socket option: Reuse address.

SO_REUSEPORT

  

Socket Option : reuse port.

SO_SECURITY_AUTHENTICATION

  

Socket option: ?

SO_SECURITY_ENCRYPTION_NETWORK

  

Socket option: ?

SO_SECURITY_ENCRYPTION_TRANSPORT

  

Socket option: ?

SO_SNDBUF

  

Socket option: Send buffer.

SO_SNDLOWAT

  

Socket option: ?

SO_SNDTIMEO

  

Socket option: ?

SO_TIMESTAMP

  

Socket option: ?

SO_TYPE

  

Socket option: Type.

S_IN

  

Input socket in socket pair.

S_OUT

  

Output socket in socket pair.

TCP_CONGESTION

  

Get/set the congestion-control algorithm for this socket.

TCP_CORK

  

Get/Set CORK algorithm: Send only complete packets.

TCP_DEFER_ACCEPT

  

Get/Set deferred accept on server socket.

TCP_INFO

  

Get TCP connection information (Linux only).

TCP_KEEPCNT

  

Get/Set retry count for unacknowledged KEEPALIVE transmissions.

TCP_KEEPIDLE

  

Get/Set inactivity interval between KEEPALIVE transmissions.

TCP_KEEPINTVL

  

Get/Set retry interval for unacknowledged KEEPALIVE transmissions.

TCP_LINGER2

  

Get/Set Linger2 flag.

TCP_MAXSEG

  

Get/Set Maximum segment size.

TCP_MD5SIG

  

Get/Set TCP MD5 signature option.

TCP_NODELAY

  

Get/Set No delay flag: disable Nagle algorithm.

TCP_QUICKACK

  

Get/Set quick ACK packet option.

TCP_SYNCNT

  

Get/Set number of SYN packets to send before giving up on connection establishment.

TCP_WINDOW_CLAMP

  

Get/Set maximum packet size.

UDP_CORK

  

Get/Set UDP CORK algorithm on datagram sockets.

UDP_ENCAP

  

Get/Set UDP encapsulation flag for IPSec datagram sockets.

UDP_ENCAP_ESPINUDP

  

? Undocumented datagram option, IPSec related.

UDP_ENCAP_ESPINUDP_NON_IKE

  

? Undocumented datagram option, IPSec related.

UDP_ENCAP_L2TPINUDP

  

? Undocumented datagram option, IPSec related.


Documentation generated on: Dec 26 2024