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.\"    Manual: Linux Networking
.\"    Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 4.11.3
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.TH "SOCK_ALLOC" "9" "June 2017" "Kernel Hackers Manual 4\&.11\&" "Linux Networking"
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.SH "NAME"
sock_alloc \- allocate a socket
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'struct\ socket\ *\ sock_alloc('u
.BI "struct socket * sock_alloc(" "void" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fI void\fR
.RS 4
no arguments
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
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Allocate a new inode and socket object\&. The two are bound together and initialised\&. The socket is then returned\&. If we are out of inodes NULL is returned\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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