Name

sock_unregister — remove a protocol handler

Synopsis

void sock_unregister (int family);
 

Arguments

int family

protocol family to remove

Description

This function is called by a protocol handler that wants to remove its address family, and have it unlinked from the new socket creation.

If protocol handler is a module, then it can use module reference counts to protect against new references. If protocol handler is not a module then it needs to provide its own protection in the ops->create routine.