proper way to cleanup 'struct socket'

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proper way to cleanup 'struct socket'

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05-26-2012, 09:39 PM	#1
rrlangly Member Registered: Dec 2009 Posts: 47 Rep:	proper way to cleanup 'struct socket' If I create a socket from within my kernel module as such ... Code: err = sock_create(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP, newsock); ... then what's the proper way to cleanly "cleanup/destroy" this socket from within a module?

05-27-2012, 02:50 PM	#2
emntech LQ Newbie Registered: May 2012 Posts: 8 Rep:	you can use sock_release().

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