kern_soclose Kernel Service

Purpose

Aborts any connections and releases the data in the socket.

Syntax

#include <sys/kern_socket.h>
int  kern_soclose( ksocket _t  so )

Parameters

Item	Description
so	The socket on which the close will be issued.

Description

The kern_soclose kernel service aborts any connection and releases the data in the socket.

Execution Environment

The kern_soclose kernel service can be called from the process environment.

Examples

ksocket_t   so;
int		      rc;
rc = kern_socreate(AF_INET, &so, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP);
if (rc != 0 )  		 
{ 		 		 
		  return(-1); 
}		   		 
/* Socket is in use */ 
...  		 
kern_soclose(so);

Return Values

Item	Description
0	Upon Success
>0	Error

The nonzero return value is the error number that is defined in the /usr/include/sys/errno.h file.