From: "Günther Noack" <gnoack3000@gmail.com>
To: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-man@vger.kernel.org, "Günther Noack" <gnoack3000@gmail.com>,
"Kuniyuki Iwashima" <kuniyu@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH 5/8] man/man7/unix.7: SOCK_RAW is accepted as an alias for SOCK_DGRAM
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2026 23:07:57 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261021210800.27338-7-gnoack3000@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261021210800.27338-2-gnoack3000@gmail.com>
unix_create() in linux.git net/unix/af_unix.c does:
case SOCK_RAW:
sock->type = SOCK_DGRAM;
fallthrough;
case SOCK_DGRAM:
so both socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_RAW, 0) and the equivalent socketpair()
invocation succeed and create datagram sockets.
Cc: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Günther Noack <gnoack3000@gmail.com>
---
Notes:
For completeness;
It is more complete to spell it out, but on the other hand, people
should not be passing the SOCK_RAW type when they really mean
SOCK_DGRAM. I'm on the fence about whether this is useful. If you
want to omit this one, it also feels reasonable.
man/man7/unix.7 | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/man/man7/unix.7 b/man/man7/unix.7
index 232fdbf4c3cd..29843235def0 100644
--- a/man/man7/unix.7
+++ b/man/man7/unix.7
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ and (since Linux 2.6.4)
for a sequenced-packet socket that is connection-oriented,
preserves message boundaries,
and delivers messages in the order that they were sent.
+On Linux,
+.B SOCK_RAW
+.\" unix_create() in net/unix/af_unix.c
+is also accepted as an alias for
+.BR SOCK_DGRAM .
.P
UNIX domain sockets support passing file descriptors or process credentials
to other processes using ancillary data.
--
2.56.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-21 21:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-21 21:07 [PATCH 0/8] {unix,socket,bind}.7: General Unix Domain Socket fixes Günther Noack
2026-10-21 21:07 ` [PATCH 1/8] man/man7/socket.7: SO_PEEK_OFF: This option is no longer specific to unix(7) Günther Noack
2026-10-23 18:20 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-10-26 20:48 ` Günther Noack
2026-10-24 5:27 ` Kuniyuki Iwashima
2026-10-21 21:07 ` [PATCH 2/8] man/man7/unix.7: SO_PEERCRED: Also works for SOCK_SEQPACKET Günther Noack
2026-10-24 5:28 ` Kuniyuki Iwashima
2026-10-21 21:07 ` [PATCH 3/8] man/man7/unix.7: SIOCINQ: Document behavior " Günther Noack
2026-10-24 5:34 ` Kuniyuki Iwashima
2026-10-26 20:59 ` Günther Noack
2026-10-21 21:07 ` [PATCH 4/8] man/man7/unix.7: Explain Abstract UDS scoping to the network namespace Günther Noack
2026-10-24 5:39 ` Kuniyuki Iwashima
2026-10-26 21:11 ` Günther Noack
2026-10-27 5:12 ` Kuniyuki Iwashima
2026-10-27 7:58 ` Günther Noack
2026-10-21 21:07 ` Günther Noack [this message]
2026-10-24 5:44 ` [PATCH 5/8] man/man7/unix.7: SOCK_RAW is accepted as an alias for SOCK_DGRAM Kuniyuki Iwashima
2026-10-26 21:13 ` Günther Noack
2026-10-21 21:07 ` [PATCH 6/8] man/man7/unix.7: ERRORS: EPROTONOSUPPORT: Protocol 0 is also accepted Günther Noack
2026-10-24 5:47 ` Kuniyuki Iwashima
2026-10-26 21:15 ` Günther Noack
2026-10-21 21:07 ` [PATCH 7/8] man/man2/bind.2: ERRORS: EACCES: Write permission on the directory is required Günther Noack
2026-10-24 5:56 ` Kuniyuki Iwashima
2026-10-24 5:58 ` Kuniyuki Iwashima
2026-10-26 21:16 ` Günther Noack
2026-10-21 21:08 ` [PATCH 8/8] man/man7/unix.7: ERRORS: Document EACCES, EAGAIN, EMSGSIZE, ENOSPC, and EPERM Günther Noack
2026-10-24 6:03 ` Kuniyuki Iwashima
2026-10-26 21:27 ` Günther Noack
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