|X/Open Networking Services Library Functions
getsockopt - get the socket options
cc [ flag... ] file... -lxnet [ library... ] #include <sys/socket.h> int getsockopt(int socket, int level, int option_name,
void *restrict option_value, socklen_t *restrict option_len);
The getsockopt() function retrieves the value for the option specified by the option_name argument for the socket specified by the socket argument. If the size of the option value is greater than option_len, the value stored in the object pointed to by the option_value argument will be silently truncated. Otherwise, the object pointed to by the option_len argument will be modified to indicate the actual length of the value.
The level argument specifies the protocol level at which the option resides. To retrieve options at the socket level, specify the level argument as SOL_SOCKET. To retrieve options at other levels, supply the appropriate protocol number for the protocol controlling the option. For example, to indicate that an option will be interpreted by the TCP (Transport Control Protocol), set level to the protocol number of TCP, as defined in the <netinet/in.h> header, or as determined by using getprotobyname(3XNET) function.
The socket in use might require the process to have appropriate privileges to use the getsockopt() function.
The option_name argument specifies a single option to be retrieved. It can be one of the following values defined in <sys/socket.h>:
If the connected socket fails to respond to these messages, the connection is broken and threads writing to that socket are notified with a SIGPIPE signal. This option stores an int value.
This is a boolean option.
The SO_ALLZONES option can be used to bypass zone boundaries between shared-IP zones. Normally, the system prevents a socket from being bound to an address that is not assigned to the current zone. It also prevents a socket that is bound to a wildcard address from receiving traffic for other zones. However, some daemons which run in the global zone might need to send and receive traffic using addresses that belong to other shared-IP zones. If set before a socket is bound, SO_ALLZONES causes the socket to ignore zone boundaries between shared-IP zones and permits the socket to be bound to any address assigned to the shared-IP zones. If the socket is bound to a wildcard address, it receives traffic intended for all shared-IP zones and behaves as if an equivalent socket were bound in each active shared-IP zone. Applications that use the SO_ALLZONES option to initiate connections or send datagram traffic should specify the source address for outbound traffic by binding to a specific address. There is no effect from setting this option in an exclusive-IP zone. Setting this option requires the sys_net_config privilege. See zones(7).
For boolean options, a zero value indicates that the option is disabled and a non-zero value indicates that the option is enabled.
Options at other protocol levels vary in format and name.
The socket in use may require the process to have appropriate privileges to use the getsockopt() function.
Upon successful completion, getsockopt() returns 0. Otherwise, −1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the error.
The getsockopt() function will fail if:
The getsockopt() function may fail if:
See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
|January 21, 2007