1<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968"><title>sock_unregister</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.78.1"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="Linux Networking and Network Devices APIs"><link rel="up" href="ch01s02.html" title="Socket Buffer Functions"><link rel="prev" href="API-sock-register.html" title="sock_register"><link rel="next" href="API---alloc-skb.html" title="__alloc_skb"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center"><span class="phrase">sock_unregister</span></th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="API-sock-register.html">Prev</a>&#160;</td><th width="60%" align="center">Socket Buffer Functions</th><td width="20%" align="right">&#160;<a accesskey="n" href="API---alloc-skb.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="refentry"><a name="API-sock-unregister"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>sock_unregister &#8212; 
2     remove a protocol handler
3 </p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="funcsynopsis"><table border="0" class="funcprototype-table" summary="Function synopsis" style="cellspacing: 0; cellpadding: 0;"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">void <b class="fsfunc">sock_unregister </b>(</code></td><td>int <var class="pdparam">family</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer">&#160;</div></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idp1095984932"></a><h2>Arguments</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>family</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
4     protocol family to remove
5    </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idp1095986508"></a><h2>Description</h2><p>
6   This function is called by a protocol handler that wants to
7   remove its address family, and have it unlinked from the
8   new socket creation.
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11   If protocol handler is a module, then it can use module reference
12   counts to protect against new references. If protocol handler is not
13   a module then it needs to provide its own protection in
14   the ops-&gt;create routine.
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