SOCKETCALL(2) manual page
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socketcall - socket system calls
int
socketcall(int call, unsigned long *args);
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().
This call is specific to Linux, and should not be used in
programs intended to be portable.
On a some architectures--for example,
x86-64 and ARM--there is no socketcall() system call; instead socket(2)
, accept(2)
,
bind(2)
, and so on really are implemented as separate system calls.
accept(2)
, bind(2)
, connect(2)
, getpeername(2)
, getsockname(2)
, getsockopt(2)
,
listen(2)
, recv(2)
, recvfrom(2)
, recvmsg(2)
, send(2)
, sendmsg(2)
, sendto(2)
,
setsockopt(2)
, shutdown(2)
, socket(2)
, socketpair(2)
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