tomoyo_sock_family(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

tomoyo_sock_family — get socket's family. Okay so this is tomoyo_sock_family(9), and it’s giving Kernel API Manual energy because that’s where this page lives. The whole function is a tiny little family-reveal moment for a socket, and honestly? iconic. 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

Here’s the signature in all its one-line glory, bestie:

u8 tomoyo_sock_family (struct sock *sk );

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• sk — pointer to struct sock. That’s the socket pointer you’re handing over; no cap, it’s right there in the signature. 🫶

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

Returns one of PF_INET, PF_INET6, PF_UNIX or 0. That’s the whole return-value menu, periodt. 💅✨

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

The kernel file ./security/tomoyo/network.c is the file to peek at for this whole situation. The full SEE ALSO friendship bracelet is:

• tomoyo_parse_ipaddr_union(9)
• tomoyo_print_ipv4(9)
• tomoyo_print_ipv6(9)
• tomoyo_print_ip(9)
• tomoyo_same_inet_acl(9)
• tomoyo_same_unix_acl(9)
• tomoyo_merge_inet_acl(9)
• tomoyo_merge_unix_acl(9)
• tomoyo_write_inet_network(9)
• tomoyo_write_unix_network(9)
• tomoyo_audit_net_log(9)
• tomoyo_audit_inet_log(9)
• tomoyo_audit_unix_log(9)
• tomoyo_check_inet_acl(9)
• tomoyo_check_unix_acl(9)
• tomoyo_inet_entry(9)
• tomoyo_check_inet_address(9)
• tomoyo_unix_entry(9)
• tomoyo_check_unix_address(9)
• tomoyo_kernel_service(9)
• tomoyo_socket_listen_permission(9)
• tomoyo_socket_connect_permission(9)
• tomoyo_socket_bind_permission(9)
• tomoyo_socket_sendmsg_permission(9)

Cute sign-off time: source/version ./security/tomoyo, date October 2026, and page name tomoyo_sock_family(9) all wrapped up with a bow. 🎀💜