Anyone knows the difference between struct sock and struct socket ?
struct sock http://lxr.linux.no/#linux+v2.6.34/include/net/sock.h#L220
struct socket http://lxr.linux.no/#linux+v2.6.34/include/linux/net.h#L120
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Linux Community Forums Programming and Development Kernel Development Diffrence between struct sock and struct socket
26 Jun 10
Anyone knows the difference between struct sock and struct socket ?
struct sock http://lxr.linux.no/#linux+v2.6.34/include/net/sock.h#L220
struct socket http://lxr.linux.no/#linux+v2.6.34/include/linux/net.h#L120
01 Jul 10
Well, they are very different structures and have very different uses. I'm not sure, but I suspect that the net/sock.h structure is a lower-level structure than linux/net.h which also has use in user-space applications (see the #ifdef __KERNEL__ directive on line 56), whereas sock.h is kernel-only.
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