ENUM SOCK_TYPE(9)                        Linux Networking                       ENUM SOCK_TYPE(9)



NAME
       enum_sock_type - Socket types

SYNOPSIS
       enum sock_type {
         SOCK_STREAM,
         SOCK_DGRAM,
         SOCK_RAW,
         SOCK_RDM,
         SOCK_SEQPACKET,
         SOCK_DCCP,
         SOCK_PACKET
       };

CONSTANTS
       SOCK_STREAM
           stream (connection) socket

       SOCK_DGRAM
           datagram (conn.less) socket

       SOCK_RAW
           raw socket

       SOCK_RDM
           reliably-delivered message

       SOCK_SEQPACKET
           sequential packet socket

       SOCK_DCCP
           Datagram Congestion Control Protocol socket

       SOCK_PACKET
           linux specific way of getting packets at the dev level. For writing rarp and other
           similar things on the user level.

DESCRIPTION
       When adding some new socket type please grep ARCH_HAS_SOCKET_TYPE include/asm-* /socket.h,
       at least MIPS overrides this enum for binary compat reasons.

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Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8.                 January 2017                         ENUM SOCK_TYPE(9)