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.\"      Date: May 2018
.\"    Manual: Linux Networking
.\"    Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 3.16.56
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.TH "SOCK_REGISTER" "9" "May 2018" "Kernel Hackers Manual 3\&.16\&" "Linux Networking"
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.SH "NAME"
sock_register \- add a socket protocol handler
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'int\ sock_register('u
.BI "int sock_register(const\ struct\ net_proto_family\ *\ " "ops" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fIops\fR
.RS 4
description of protocol
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
This function is called by a protocol handler that wants to advertise its address family, and have it linked into the socket interface\&. The value ops\->family coresponds to the socket system call protocol family\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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