SK_ATTACH_FILTER

Section: Linux Networking (9)
Updated: February 2011
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NAME

sk_attach_filter - attach a socket filter  

SYNOPSIS

int sk_attach_filter(struct sock_fprog * fprog, struct sock * sk);
 

ARGUMENTS

fprog

the filter program

sk

the socket to use
 

DESCRIPTION

Attach the user's filter code. We first run some sanity checks on it to make sure it does not explode on us later. If an error occurs or there is insufficient memory for the filter a negative errno code is returned. On success the return is zero.  

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