From: "Günther Noack" <gnoack3000@gmail.com>
To: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-man@vger.kernel.org, "Günther Noack" <gnoack3000@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH 22/24] man/man7/unix.7: Remove mentions of unsupported out-of-band messaging
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:31:37 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261016173139.13076-23-gnoack3000@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261016173139.13076-1-gnoack3000@gmail.com>
Limited support for MSG_OOB was added in linux.git 314001f0bf92
(2021-08-04; "af_unix: Add OOB support").
Its removal was discussed in [1] but has so far not happened.
The support is conditional on the CONFIG_AF_UNIX_OOB kconfig option,
so stating that it is supported would also be wrong.
Link: [1] <https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240409225209.58102-1-kuniyu@amazon.com/>
Signed-off-by: Günther Noack <gnoack3000@gmail.com>
---
Notes:
This one is authored from scratch by hand; in the initial version, the
LLM spotted the inaccuracy and then proceeded to document the feature
in full glory -- I think it would be the wrong call to propagate the
use of a feature whose removal has been discussed already due to low
usage and security issues. (See cover letter as well)
man/man7/unix.7 | 13 ++-----------
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man/man7/unix.7 b/man/man7/unix.7
index 8d1a53948f5b..bcb58336a1d8 100644
--- a/man/man7/unix.7
+++ b/man/man7/unix.7
@@ -401,14 +401,6 @@ The change to 5 bytes came in Linux 2.3.15.)
The following paragraphs describe domain-specific details and
unsupported features of the sockets API for UNIX domain sockets on Linux.
.P
-UNIX domain sockets do not support the transmission of
-out-of-band data (the
-.B MSG_OOB
-flag for
-.BR send (2)
-and
-.BR recv (2)).
-.P
The
.BR send (2)
.B MSG_MORE
@@ -780,7 +772,8 @@ Socket operation needs a target address, but the socket is not connected.
.TP
.B EOPNOTSUPP
Stream operation called on non-stream oriented socket or tried to
-use the out-of-band data option.
+use the out-of-band data option
+when it isn't supported.
.TP
.B EPERM
The sender passed invalid credentials in the
@@ -883,8 +876,6 @@ at least one byte of nonancillary data in the same
or
.BR recvmsg (2)
call.
-.P
-UNIX domain stream sockets do not support the notion of out-of-band data.
.\"
.SH BUGS
When binding a socket to an address,
--
2.56.0
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Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-16 17:31 [PATCH 00/24] Documentation fixes in unix(7) Günther Noack
2026-10-16 17:31 ` [PATCH 01/24] man/man7/unix.7: ERRORS: EINVAL: The address field is sun_family, not sun_type Günther Noack
2026-10-16 17:31 ` [PATCH 02/24] man/man7/unix.7: Socket options: SOL_SOCKET is a level, not a family Günther Noack
2026-10-16 17:31 ` [PATCH 03/24] man/man7/unix.7: SO_PASSCRED: ffix Günther Noack
2026-10-16 17:31 ` [PATCH 04/24] man/man7/sock_diag.7: Fix member order of struct unix_diag_vfs Günther Noack
2026-10-16 17:31 ` [PATCH 05/24] man/man7/sock_diag.7: udiag_wqueue: This is memory in use, not memory available Günther Noack
2026-10-16 17:31 ` [PATCH 06/24] man/man7/unix.7: ERRORS: EPROTONOSUPPORT: Protocol 0 is also accepted Günther Noack
2026-10-16 17:31 ` [PATCH 07/24] man/man7/unix.7: ERRORS: ETOOMANYREFS: Fix the conditions Günther Noack
2026-10-16 17:31 ` [PATCH 08/24] man/man7/socket.7: SO_PEEK_OFF: This option is no longer specific to unix(7) Günther Noack
2026-10-16 17:31 ` [PATCH 09/24] man/man7/unix.7: SO_PEERCRED: Also works for SOCK_SEQPACKET Günther Noack
2026-10-16 17:31 ` [PATCH 10/24] man/man7/unix.7: SIOCINQ: Document behavior " Günther Noack
2026-10-16 17:31 ` [PATCH 11/24] man/man7/sock_diag.7: udiag_states: Document TCP_CLOSE Günther Noack
2026-10-16 17:31 ` [PATCH 12/24] man/man7/sock_diag.7: UNIX_DIAG_NAME: The payload is not always a pathname Günther Noack
2026-10-16 17:31 ` [PATCH 13/24] man/man7/sock_diag.7: Document UDIAG_SHOW_UID Günther Noack
2026-10-16 17:31 ` [PATCH 14/24] man/man7/unix.7: Several items of the same type may be sent in one message Günther Noack
2026-10-16 17:31 ` [PATCH 15/24] man/man2/bind.2: ERRORS: EACCES: Write permission on the directory is required Günther Noack
2026-10-16 17:31 ` [PATCH 16/24] man/man7/unix.7: Autobind: Fix when it happens, and mention SO_PASSPIDFD Günther Noack
2026-10-16 17:31 ` [PATCH 17/24] man/man7/unix.7: SOCK_RAW is accepted as an alias for SOCK_DGRAM Günther Noack
2026-10-16 17:31 ` [PATCH 18/24] man/man7/unix.7: SCM_SECURITY: This is not specific to SELinux Günther Noack
2026-10-16 17:31 ` [PATCH 19/24] man/man7/unix.7: SO_PASSSEC: wfix Günther Noack
2026-10-16 17:31 ` [PATCH 20/24] man/man7/unix.7: ERRORS: Document EACCES, EAGAIN, EMSGSIZE, ENOSPC, and EPERM Günther Noack
2026-10-16 17:31 ` [PATCH 21/24] man/man7/unix.7: Abstract sockets are scoped to a network namespace Günther Noack
2026-10-16 17:31 ` Günther Noack [this message]
2026-10-16 17:31 ` [PATCH 23/24] man/man7/unix.7: Document SO_PASSPIDFD, SO_PEERPIDFD, and SCM_PIDFD Günther Noack
2026-10-16 17:31 ` [PATCH 24/24] man/man7/unix.7: Document SO_PASSRIGHTS Günther Noack
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