include/net/protocol.h
Source file repositories/reference/linux-study-clean/include/net/protocol.h
File Facts
- System
- Linux kernel
- Corpus path
include/net/protocol.h- Extension
.h- Size
- 3945 bytes
- Lines
- 120
- Domain
- Networking Core
- Bucket
- Sockets, Protocols, Packet Path, And Network Policy
- Inferred role
- Networking Core: operation-table or driver-model contract
- Status
- pattern implementation candidate
Why This File Exists
Networking stack implementation surface: socket APIs, protocol dispatch, packet flow, routing, filtering, and network namespaces.
- Networking stack implementation surface: socket APIs, protocol dispatch, packet flow, routing, filtering, and network namespaces.
- Defines an operation table; this is where Linux turns generic core objects into subsystem-specific behavior.
- Defines or uses C structs; map object ownership, embedded links, reference counts, and lock ownership.
Dependency Surface
linux/in6.hlinux/skbuff.hlinux/ipv6.hlinux/netdevice.h
Detected Declarations
struct net_protocolstruct inet6_protocolstruct net_offloadstruct inet_protosw
Annotated Snippet
const struct proto_ops *ops;
unsigned char flags; /* See INET_PROTOSW_* below. */
};
#define INET_PROTOSW_REUSE 0x01 /* Are ports automatically reusable? */
#define INET_PROTOSW_PERMANENT 0x02 /* Permanent protocols are unremovable. */
#define INET_PROTOSW_ICSK 0x04 /* Is this an inet_connection_sock? */
extern struct net_protocol __rcu *inet_protos[MAX_INET_PROTOS];
extern const struct net_offload __rcu *inet_offloads[MAX_INET_PROTOS];
extern const struct net_offload __rcu *inet6_offloads[MAX_INET_PROTOS];
#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
extern struct inet6_protocol __rcu *inet6_protos[MAX_INET_PROTOS];
#endif
int inet_add_protocol(const struct net_protocol *prot, unsigned char num);
int inet_del_protocol(const struct net_protocol *prot, unsigned char num);
int inet_add_offload(const struct net_offload *prot, unsigned char num);
int inet_del_offload(const struct net_offload *prot, unsigned char num);
void inet_register_protosw(struct inet_protosw *p);
void inet_unregister_protosw(struct inet_protosw *p);
#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
int inet6_add_protocol(const struct inet6_protocol *prot, unsigned char num);
int inet6_del_protocol(const struct inet6_protocol *prot, unsigned char num);
int inet6_register_protosw(struct inet_protosw *p);
void inet6_unregister_protosw(struct inet_protosw *p);
#endif
int inet6_add_offload(const struct net_offload *prot, unsigned char num);
int inet6_del_offload(const struct net_offload *prot, unsigned char num);
#endif /* _PROTOCOL_H */
Annotation
- Immediate include surface: `linux/in6.h`, `linux/skbuff.h`, `linux/ipv6.h`, `linux/netdevice.h`.
- Detected declarations: `struct net_protocol`, `struct inet6_protocol`, `struct net_offload`, `struct inet_protosw`.
- Atlas domain: Networking Core / Sockets, Protocols, Packet Path, And Network Policy.
- Implementation status: pattern implementation candidate.
Implementation Notes
- This generated page is the file-by-file coverage layer; curated subsystem chapters should link here when they synthesize a multi-file control flow.
- Core OS pages should be promoted from atlas-only to deep-reviewed when they explain data structures, invariants, locking, lifecycle, and C implementation snippets.
- Driver-family pages are intentionally pattern-oriented unless they are part of the selected PCIe/NVMe representative device path.