sock_register(9)

💖 sock_register(9) — the Kernel API Manual glow-up you didn't know you needed 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for sock_register(9) — yes, that's the manual name, we're just folding it in all cute instead of making it the whole first line, periodt.

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✨ NAME ✨

sock_register — add a socket protocol handler 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int sock_register (const struct net_proto_family *ops );

no cap, that's the whole signature. keep it exactly like that, character for character, because the kernel does not do "close enough" 💅

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• ops — the description of the protocol. like, this is the little info card your protocol handler hands over so everyone knows what it is ✨

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the vibe: a protocol handler calls this function when it wants to advertise its address family and get linked into the socket interface. iconic behavior, honestly.

the value ops->family corresponds to the socket system call protocol family. that's the link-up, iykyk. 🔥

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

lowkey a whole friend group of kernel file ./net/socket.c references and related functions — every single one is invited to the group chat, no one gets left on read:

• move_addr_to_kernel(9)
• move_addr_to_user(9)
• sock_read_xattr(9)
• sock_alloc_file(9)
• sock_from_file(9)
• sockfd_lookup(9)
• sock_alloc(9)
• sock_release(9)
• sock_sendmsg(9)
• kernel_sendmsg(9)
• sock_recvmsg(9)
• kernel_recvmsg(9)
• sock_create_lite(9)
• __sock_create(9)
• sock_create(9)
• sock_create_kern(9)
• sock_unregister(9)
• kernel_bind(9)
• kernel_listen(9)
• kernel_accept(9)
• kernel_connect(9)
• kernel_getsockname(9)
• kernel_getpeername(9)
• kernel_sock_shutdown(9)
• kernel_sock_ip_overhead(9)

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and that's the whole page, bestie — from the ./net corner of the kernel, dated October 2026, signed off with all the sparkle this sock_register(9) moment deserves. slay, register that socket protocol handler, and stay hydrated 💖✨🎀🦋🌸💅🫶😭🔥👑🌈⭐💀🙈🍓🧚💜