bind

Version

• Linux v5.8.13

Abstract

long sys_bind(int fd, struct sockaddr __user *umyaddr, int addrlen);

Arguments

Return

Definition

sys_bind()

• file: net/socket.c

SYSCALL_DEFINE3(bind, int, fd, struct sockaddr __user *, umyaddr, int, addrlen)
{
	return __sys_bind(fd, umyaddr, addrlen);
}

__sys_bind()

/*
 *	Bind a name to a socket. Nothing much to do here since it's
 *	the protocol's responsibility to handle the local address.
 *
 *	We move the socket address to kernel space before we call
 *	the protocol layer (having also checked the address is ok).
 */

int __sys_bind(int fd, struct sockaddr __user *umyaddr, int addrlen)
{
	struct socket *sock;
	struct sockaddr_storage address;
	int err, fput_needed;

	sock = sockfd_lookup_light(fd, &err, &fput_needed);
	if (sock) {
		err = move_addr_to_kernel(umyaddr, addrlen, &address);
		if (!err) {
			err = security_socket_bind(sock,
						   (struct sockaddr *)&address,
						   addrlen);
			if (!err)
				err = sock->ops->bind(sock,
						      (struct sockaddr *)
						      &address, addrlen);
		}
		fput_light(sock->file, fput_needed);
	}
	return err;
}

Data Structure

struct sockaddr {
	sa_family_t	sa_family;	/* address family, AF_xxx	*/
	char		sa_data[14];	/* 14 bytes of protocol address	*/
};

struct sockaddr_in {
  __kernel_sa_family_t	sin_family;	/* Address family		*/
  __be16		sin_port;	/* Port number			*/
  struct in_addr	sin_addr;	/* Internet address		*/

  /* Pad to size of `struct sockaddr'. */
  unsigned char		__pad[__SOCK_SIZE__ - sizeof(short int) -
			sizeof(unsigned short int) - sizeof(struct in_addr)];
};