sock_unregister(9)

💅 sock_unregister(9) 💅

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for sock_unregister(9). yes, the kernel manual, and this one is short, sweet, and very “remove me from the group chat.” ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

<pink>sock_unregister</pink> — remove a protocol handler. that’s it, that’s the vibe. 💅

⭐ SYNOPSIS ⭐

void sock_unregister (int family );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• family — protocol family to remove. yep, the one being unlinked from new socket creation. 🦋

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

This function is called by a protocol handler that wants to remove its address family, and have it unlinked from the new socket creation. no cap, it’s the kernel-networking equivalent of “please take me off the list.” 😭

If the protocol handler is a module, then it can use module reference counts to protect against new references. If the protocol handler is not a module, then it needs to provide its own protection in the ops->create routine. that part is important, bestie — don’t skip the safety era. 🫶

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

over in the kernel file ./net/socket.c, this page is pointing at the whole squad:

• 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_register(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)

and that’s the page, bestie. source/version: ./net; date: October 2026; title: sock_unregister(9). mwah 💋✨