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5.1 KiB
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182 lines
5.1 KiB
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.\" $NetBSD: accept.2,v 1.24 2003/08/07 16:43:54 agc Exp $
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.\" @(#)accept.2 8.2 (Berkeley) 12/11/93
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.\"
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.Dd October 22, 2001
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.Dt ACCEPT 2
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm accept
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.Nd accept a connection on a socket
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In sys/socket.h
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.Ft int
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.Fn accept "int s" "struct sockaddr * restrict addr" "socklen_t * restrict addrlen"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The argument
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.Fa s
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is a socket that has been created with
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.Xr socket 2 ,
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bound to an address with
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.Xr bind 2 ,
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and is listening for connections after a
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.Xr listen 2 .
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The
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.Fn accept
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argument
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extracts the first connection request on the queue of pending
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connections, creates a new socket with the same properties of
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.Fa s
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and allocates a new file descriptor
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for the socket.
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If no pending connections are
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present on the queue, and the socket is not marked
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as non-blocking,
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.Fn accept
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blocks the caller until a connection is present.
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If the socket is marked non-blocking and no pending
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connections are present on the queue,
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.Fn accept
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returns an error as described below.
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The accepted socket
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may not be used
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to accept more connections.
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The original socket
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.Fa s
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remains open.
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.Pp
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The argument
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.Fa addr
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is a result parameter that is filled in with
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the address of the connecting entity,
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as known to the communications layer.
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The exact format of the
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.Fa addr
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parameter is determined by the domain in which the communication
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is occurring.
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The
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.Fa addrlen
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is a value-result parameter; it should initially contain the
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amount of space pointed to by
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.Fa addr ;
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on return it will contain the actual length (in bytes) of the
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address returned.
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This call
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is used with connection-based socket types, currently with
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.Dv SOCK_STREAM .
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.Pp
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It is possible to
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.Xr select 2
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or
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.Xr poll 2
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a socket for the purposes of doing an
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.Fn accept
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by selecting or polling it for read.
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.Pp
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For certain protocols which require an explicit confirmation,
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such as
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.Tn ISO
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or
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.Tn DATAKIT ,
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.Fn accept
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can be thought of
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as merely dequeuing the next connection
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request and not implying confirmation.
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Confirmation can be implied by a normal read or write on the new
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file descriptor, and rejection can be implied by closing the
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new socket.
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.Pp
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One can obtain user connection request data without confirming
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the connection by issuing a
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.Xr recvmsg 2
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call with an
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.Fa msg_iovlen
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of 0 and a non-zero
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.Fa msg_controllen ,
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or by issuing a
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.Xr getsockopt 2
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request.
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Similarly, one can provide user connection rejection information
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by issuing a
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.Xr sendmsg 2
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call with providing only the control information,
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or by calling
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.Xr setsockopt 2 .
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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The call returns \-1 on error.
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If it succeeds, it returns a non-negative
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integer that is a descriptor for the accepted socket.
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.Sh ERRORS
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The
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.Fn accept
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will fail if:
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.Bl -tag -width Er
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.It Bq Er EBADF
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The descriptor is invalid.
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.It Bq Er EINVAL
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The socket has not been set up to accept connections (using
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.Xr bind 2
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and
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.Xr listen 2 ) .
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.It Bq Er ENOTSOCK
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The descriptor references a file, not a socket.
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.It Bq Er EOPNOTSUPP
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The referenced socket is not of type
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.Dv SOCK_STREAM .
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.It Bq Er EFAULT
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The
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.Fa addr
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parameter is not in a writable part of the
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user address space.
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.It Bq Er EAGAIN
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The socket is marked non-blocking and no connections
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are present to be accepted.
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.It Bq Er EMFILE
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The per-process descriptor table is full.
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.It Bq Er ENFILE
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The system file table is full.
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.It Bq Er ECONNABORTED
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A connection has been aborted.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr bind 2 ,
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.Xr connect 2 ,
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.Xr listen 2 ,
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.Xr poll 2 ,
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.Xr select 2 ,
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.Xr socket 2
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Fn accept
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function appeared in
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.Bx 4.2 .
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