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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


  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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