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socketpair

Implemented in Antinomie 0.7.0 · Syscall list

long socketpair(int family, int type, int protocol, int *usockvec);
Number (x86-64) 53
ABI common
Kernel entry point sys_socketpair

This is the raw kernel prototype from the pinned Linux 6.12.94 schema, not the libc wrapper.

Creates two connected sockets and stores their descriptors in a two-element array.

Name Type Meaning
family (arg0) int Address family, such as AF_INET.
type (arg1) int Type selector (socket type, key type or similar).
protocol (arg2) int Protocol number, usually 0 to pick the default.
usockvec (arg3) int * Pointer to an array of two descriptors.

On success: 0.

In an Antinomie trace the Return column and the ret filter field show the raw kernel return value. On failure that is the negative errno, for example -2 for ENOENT, not the -1 plus errno that the libc wrapper gives. syscall.errno holds the positive errno and syscall.success is false.

Raw return Name Meaning
-97 EAFNOSUPPORT The address family is not supported.
-24 EMFILE The process has too many open file descriptors.

socketpair(2) on man7.org

Coverage mark: Implemented. Every pointer argument has a capture rule in the pinned kernel patch and none of them records a “no decoder”, “address only” or “not observed” gap on any code path. Individual values can still be incomplete on a particular call; see the capture statuses.

Every call is recorded as an Entry record (the six argument words and the pointees copied at entry) and an Exit record (the return value and the pointees copied at exit).

Argument When How Recorded field key Condition
family (arg0) Entry raw scalar word args.0, args.family
type (arg1) Entry raw scalar word; Syscall Trace also decodes it into flag names (socket_type group), listing unknown bits separately args.1, args.type
protocol (arg2) Entry raw scalar word args.2, args.protocol
usockvec (arg3) Entry the pointer itself, as a raw word args.3, args.raw[3]
↳ pointee Exit two int descriptors (8 bytes) arg3.socketpair result is 0
  • Result: ret, syscall.errno, syscall.success, syscall.duration_ns.
  • Argument words: args.family (arg0), args.type (arg1), args.protocol (arg2), args.usockvec (arg3); args.0 to args.5 by position.
  • Structure wait_status behind usockvec (arg3): args.usockvec.<member> for value.

See Syscall Trace filter for the full syntax.

For what the capture statuses mean, see Capture statuses. For what is never recorded, see Known gaps.