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NAME
       struct socket - general BSD socket


SYNOPSIS
       struct socket {
         socket_state state;
         unsigned long flags;
         struct proto_ops * ops;
         struct fasync_struct * fasync_list;
         struct file * file;
         struct sock * sk;
         wait_queue_head_t wait;
         short type;
       };


MEMBERS
       state  socket state (SS_CONNECTED, etc)

       flags  socket flags (SOCK_ASYNC_NOSPACE, etc)

       ops    protocol specific socket operations

       fasync_list
              Asynchronous wake up list

       file   File back pointer for gc

       sk     internal networking protocol agnostic socket representation

       wait   wait queue for several uses

       type   socket type (SOCK_STREAM, etc)