Currently, /proc/net/protocols displays socket counts only for TCP/TCPv6 protocols We can provide unix_nr_socks for free here, this counter being already maintained in af_unix Before patch : # grep UNIX /proc/net/protocols UNIX 428 -1 -1 NI 0 yes kernel After patch : # grep UNIX /proc/net/protocols UNIX 428 98 -1 NI 0 yes kernel Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet --- net/unix/af_unix.c | 7 ++++--- 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)