STRUCT CAN_PROTO(9)

✨ NAME ✨

okay so struct can_proto is literally the CAN protocol structure — that's the whole name, bestie. This is the struct can_proto(9) page from the Kernel API Manual, and we're keeping every field exactly where it belongs. 💖

💅 SYNOPSIS 💅

Here's the struct in all its main-character glory, no cap:

       struct can_proto {
           int type;
           int protocol;
           const struct proto_ops *ops;
           struct proto *prot;
        };

🎀 Members 🎀

• type — this is the type argument from the socket syscall, like SOCK_DGRAM. It's giving "what kind of socket are we even doing?" energy. 🫶
• protocol — the protocol number in the socket syscall. Numbers, but make it CAN. 🔥
• ops — a pointer to struct proto_ops for sock->ops. Pointer bestie, it's literally pointing at the ops. 💅
• prot — a pointer to a struct proto structure. Another pointer, another slay. ✨

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• Kernel file ./include/linux/can/core.h — that's the spot to check, iykyk. 🌈

Source/version: ./include/linux/can · date: October 2026 · page: struct can_proto(9). Bye bestie, go slay those kernel vibes! 💜🎀