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SOCK_DIAG(7)		   Linux Programmer's Manual		  SOCK_DIAG(7)



NAME
       sock_diag - obtaining information about sockets

SYNOPSIS
       #include <sys/socket.h>
       #include <linux/sock_diag.h>
       #include <linux/unix_diag.h> /* for UNIX domain sockets */
       #include <linux/inet_diag.h> /* for IPv4 and IPv6 sockets */

       diag_socket = socket(AF_NETLINK, socket_type, NETLINK_SOCK_DIAG);

DESCRIPTION
       The  sock_diag  netlink	subsystem  provides  a mechanism for obtaining
       information about sockets of various address families from the  kernel.
       This subsystem can be used to obtain information about individual sock-
       ets or request a list of sockets.

       In the request, the caller can specify additional information it	 would
       like  to	 obtain	 about	the socket, for example, memory information or
       information specific to the address family.

       When requesting a list of sockets, the caller can specify filters  that
       would be applied by the kernel to select a subset of sockets to report.
       For now, there is only the ability to filter  sockets  by  state	 (con-
       nected, listening, and so on.)

       Note  that  sock_diag reports only those sockets that have a name; that
       is, either sockets bound explicitly with bind(2) or sockets  that  were
       automatically  bound  to an address (e.g., by connect(2)).  This is the
       same  set  of   sockets	 that	is   available	 via   /proc/net/unix,
       /proc/net/tcp, /proc/net/udp, and so on.

   Request
       The   request  starts  with  a  struct  nlmsghdr	 header	 described  in
       netlink(7) with nlmsg_type field set  to	 SOCK_DIAG_BY_FAMILY.	It  is
       followed	 by a header specific to the address family that starts with a
       common part shared by all address families:

	   struct sock_diag_req {
	       __u8 sdiag_family;
	       __u8 sdiag_protocol;
	   };

       The fields of this structure are as follows:

       sdiag_family
	      An address family.  It should be set  to	the  appropriate  AF_*
	      constant.

       sdiag_protocol
	      Depends  on  sdiag_family.   It should be set to the appropriate
	      IPPROTO_* constant for AF_INET and AF_INET6, and to 0 otherwise.

       If the  nlmsg_flags  field  of  the  struct  nlmsghdr  header  has  the
       NLM_F_DUMP  flag	 set,  it  means  that	a  list	 of  sockets  is being
       requested; otherwise it is a query about an individual socket.

   Response
       The response starts with a struct nlmsghdr header and is followed by an
       array  of  objects  specific to the address family.  The array is to be
       accessed with the standard NLMSG_* macros from the netlink(3) API.

       Each object is the NLA (netlink attributes) list that is to be accessed
       with the RTA_* macros from rtnetlink(3) API.


   UNIX domain sockets
       For  UNIX  domain  sockets  the request is represented in the following
       structure:

	   struct unix_diag_req {
	       __u8    sdiag_family;
	       __u8    sdiag_protocol;
	       __u16   pad;
	       __u32   udiag_states;
	       __u32   udiag_ino;
	       __u32   udiag_show;
	       __u32   udiag_cookie[2];
	   };

       The fields of this structure are as follows:

       sdiag_family
	      The address family; it should be set to AF_UNIX.

       sdiag_protocol
       pad    These fields should be set to 0.

       udiag_states
	      This is a bit mask that defines  a  filter  of  sockets  states.
	      Only  those  sockets  whose  states  are	in  this  mask will be
	      reported.	 Ignored when querying for an individual socket.  Sup-
	      ported values are:

		   1 << TCP_ESTABLISHED

		   1 << TCP_LISTEN

       udiag_ino
	      This  is an inode number when querying for an individual socket.
	      Ignored when querying for a list of sockets.

       udiag_show
	      This is a set of flags defining  what  kind  of  information  to
	      report.	Each requested kind of information is reported back as
	      a netlink attribute as described below:

	      UDIAG_SHOW_NAME
		     The attribute reported  in	 answer	 to  this  request  is
		     UNIX_DIAG_NAME.	The   payload	associated  with  this
		     attribute is the pathname to which the socket  was	 bound
		     (a sequence of bytes up to UNIX_PATH_MAX length).

	      UDIAG_SHOW_VFS
		     The  attribute  reported  in  answer  to  this request is
		     UNIX_DIAG_VFS.   The   payload   associated   with	  this
		     attribute is represented in the following structure:

			 struct unix_diag_vfs {
			     __u32 udiag_vfs_dev;
			     __u32 udiag_vfs_ino;
			 };

		     The fields of this structure are as follows:

		     udiag_vfs_dev
			    The	 device	 number	 of  the corresponding on-disk
			    socket inode.

		     udiag_vfs_ino
			    The inode  number  of  the	corresponding  on-disk
			    socket inode.

	      UDIAG_SHOW_PEER
		     The  attribute  reported  in  answer  to  this request is
		     UNIX_DIAG_PEER.   The  payload   associated   with	  this
		     attribute is a __u32 value which is the peer's inode num-
		     ber.  This attribute is reported  for  connected  sockets
		     only.

	      UDIAG_SHOW_ICONS
		     The  attribute  reported  in  answer  to  this request is
		     UNIX_DIAG_ICONS.	The  payload  associated   with	  this
		     attribute	is  an	array  of __u32 values which are inode
		     numbers of sockets that has passed the  connect(2)	 call,
		     but  hasn't  been	processed  with	 accept(2)  yet.  This
		     attribute is reported for listening sockets only.

	      UDIAG_SHOW_RQLEN
		     The attribute reported  in	 answer	 to  this  request  is
		     UNIX_DIAG_RQLEN.	 The   payload	associated  with  this
		     attribute is represented in the following structure:

			 struct unix_diag_rqlen {
			     __u32 udiag_rqueue;
			     __u32 udiag_wqueue;
			 };

		     The fields of this structure are as follows:

		     udiag_rqueue
			    For listening sockets: the number of pending  con-
			    nections.  The length of the array associated with
			    the UNIX_DIAG_ICONS response attribute is equal to
			    this value.

			    For	 established  sockets:	the  amount of data in
			    incoming queue.

		     udiag_wqueue
			    For listening sockets: the	backlog	 length	 which
			    equals  to the value passed as the second argument
			    to listen(2).

			    For established  sockets:  the  amount  of	memory
			    available for sending.

	      UDIAG_SHOW_MEMINFO
		     The  attribute  reported  in  answer  to  this request is
		     UNIX_DIAG_MEMINFO.	  The  payload	associated  with  this
		     attribute	is an array of __u32 values described below in
		     the subsection "Socket memory information".

	      The following attributes are reported back without any  specific
	      request:

	      UNIX_DIAG_SHUTDOWN
		     The  payload associated with this attribute is __u8 value
		     which represents bits of shutdown(2) state.

       udiag_cookie
	      This is an array of opaque identifiers that could be used	 along
	      with  udiag_ino  to specify an individual socket.	 It is ignored
	      when querying for a list of sockets, as well  as	when  all  its
	      elements are set to -1.

       The  response  to  a query for UNIX domain sockets is represented as an
       array of

	   struct unix_diag_msg {
	       __u8    udiag_family;
	       __u8    udiag_type;
	       __u8    udiag_state;
	       __u8    pad;
	       __u32   udiag_ino;
	       __u32   udiag_cookie[2];
	   };

       followed by netlink attributes.

       The fields of this structure are as follows:

       udiag_family
	      This field has the same meaning as in struct unix_diag_req.

       udiag_type
	      This is set to one of  SOCK_PACKET,  SOCK_STREAM,	 or  SOCK_SEQ-
	      PACKET.

       udiag_state
	      This is set to one of TCP_LISTEN or TCP_ESTABLISHED.

       pad    This field is set to 0.

       udiag_ino
	      This is the socket inode number.

       udiag_cookie
	      This  is	an  array  of opaque identifiers that could be used in
	      subsequent queries.

   IPv4 and IPv6 sockets
       For IPv4 and IPv6 sockets, the request is represented in the  following
       structure:

	   struct inet_diag_req_v2 {
	       __u8    sdiag_family;
	       __u8    sdiag_protocol;
	       __u8    idiag_ext;
	       __u8    pad;
	       __u32   idiag_states;
	       struct inet_diag_sockid id;
	   };

       where struct inet_diag_sockid is defined as follows:

	   struct inet_diag_sockid {
	       __be16  idiag_sport;
	       __be16  idiag_dport;
	       __be32  idiag_src[4];
	       __be32  idiag_dst[4];
	       __u32   idiag_if;
	       __u32   idiag_cookie[2];
	   };

       The fields of struct inet_diag_req_v2 are as follows:

       sdiag_family
	      This  should  be	set  to either AF_INET or AF_INET6 for IPv4 or
	      IPv6 sockets respectively.

       sdiag_protocol
	      This should be  set  to  one  of	IPPROTO_TCP,  IPPROTO_UDP,  or
	      IPPROTO_UDPLITE.

       idiag_ext
	      This  is	a set of flags defining what kind of extended informa-
	      tion to report.  Each requested kind of information is  reported
	      back as a netlink attribute as described below:

	      INET_DIAG_TOS
		     The  payload  associated  with  this  attribute is a __u8
		     value which is the TOS of the socket.

	      INET_DIAG_TCLASS
		     The payload associated with  this	attribute  is  a  __u8
		     value  which  is  the TClass of the socket.  IPv6 sockets
		     only.  For LISTEN and CLOSE sockets, this is followed  by
		     INET_DIAG_SKV6ONLY attribute with associated __u8 payload
		     value meaning whether the socket is IPv6-only or not.

	      INET_DIAG_MEMINFO
		     The payload associated with this attribute is represented
		     in the following structure:

			 struct inet_diag_meminfo {
			     __u32 idiag_rmem;
			     __u32 idiag_wmem;
			     __u32 idiag_fmem;
			     __u32 idiag_tmem;
			 };

		     The fields of this structure are as follows:

		     idiag_rmem	 The amount of data in the receive queue.

		     idiag_wmem	 The  amount of data that is queued by TCP but
				 not yet sent.

		     idiag_fmem	 The amount of memory scheduled for future use
				 (TCP only).

		     idiag_tmem	 The amount of data in send queue.

	      INET_DIAG_SKMEMINFO
		     The payload associated with this attribute is an array of
		     __u32 values described below in  the  subsection  "Socket
		     memory information".

	      INET_DIAG_INFO
		     The payload associated with this attribute is specific to
		     the address family.  For TCP sockets, it is an object  of
		     type struct tcp_info.

	      INET_DIAG_CONG
		     The  payload  associated  with this attribute is a string
		     that describes the	 congestion  control  algorithm	 used.
		     For TCP sockets only.

       pad    This should be set to 0.

       idiag_states
	      This is a bit mask that defines a filter of socket states.  Only
	      those sockets whose states are in this mask  will	 be  reported.
	      Ignored when querying for an individual socket.

       id     This  is	a  socket  ID object that is used in dump requests, in
	      queries about individual sockets, and is reported back  in  each
	      response.	 Unlike UNIX domain sockets, IPv4 and IPv6 sockets are
	      identified using addresses and ports.  All values are in network
	      byte order.

       The fields of struct inet_diag_sockid are as follows:

       idiag_sport
	      The source port.

       idiag_dport
	      The destination port.

       idiag_src
	      The source address.

       idiag_dst
	      The destination address.

       idiag_if
	      The interface number the socket is bound to.

       idiag_cookie
	      This  is an array of opaque identifiers that could be used along
	      with other fields of this structure  to  specify	an  individual
	      socket.	It  is ignored when querying for a list of sockets, as
	      well as when all its elements are set to -1.

       The response to a query for IPv4 or IPv6 sockets is represented	as  an
       array of

	   struct inet_diag_msg {
	       __u8    idiag_family;
	       __u8    idiag_state;
	       __u8    idiag_timer;
	       __u8    idiag_retrans;

	       struct inet_diag_sockid id;

	       __u32   idiag_expires;
	       __u32   idiag_rqueue;
	       __u32   idiag_wqueue;
	       __u32   idiag_uid;
	       __u32   idiag_inode;
	   };

       followed by netlink attributes.

       The fields of this structure are as follows:

       idiag_family
	      This is the same field as in struct inet_diag_req_v2.

       idiag_state
	      This denotes socket state as in struct inet_diag_req_v2.

       idiag_timer
	      For  TCP sockets, this field describes the type of timer that is
	      currently active for the socket.	It is set to one of  the  fol-
	      lowing constants:

		   0	  no timer is active
		   1	  a retransmit timer
		   2	  a keep-alive timer
		   3	  a TIME_WAIT timer
		   4	  a zero window probe timer

	      For non-TCP sockets, this field is set to 0.

       idiag_retrans
	      For idiag_timer values 1, 2, and 4, this field contains the num-
	      ber of retransmits.  For other idiag_timer values, this field is
	      set to 0.

       idiag_expires
	      For  TCP sockets that have an active timer, this field describes
	      its expiration time in milliseconds.  For	 other	sockets,  this
	      field is set to 0.

       idiag_rqueue
	      For listening sockets: the number of pending connections.

	      For other sockets: the amount of data in the incoming queue.

       idiag_wqueue
	      For listening sockets: the backlog length.

	      For other sockets: the amount of memory available for sending.

       idiag_uid
	      This is the socket owner UID.

       idiag_inode
	      This is the socket inode number.

   Socket memory information
       The  payload  associated with UNIX_DIAG_MEMINFO and INET_DIAG_SKMEMINFO
       netlink attributes is an array of the following __u32 values:

       SK_MEMINFO_RMEM_ALLOC
	      The amount of data in receive queue.

       SK_MEMINFO_RCVBUF
	      The receive socket buffer as set by SO_RCVBUF.

       SK_MEMINFO_WMEM_ALLOC
	      The amount of data in send queue.

       SK_MEMINFO_SNDBUF
	      The send socket buffer as set by SO_SNDBUF.

       SK_MEMINFO_FWD_ALLOC
	      The amount of memory scheduled for future use (TCP only).

       SK_MEMINFO_WMEM_QUEUED
	      The amount of data queued by TCP, but not yet sent.

       SK_MEMINFO_OPTMEM
	      The amount of memory allocated for the  socket's	service	 needs
	      (e.g., socket filter).

       SK_MEMINFO_BACKLOG
	      The amount of packets in the backlog (not yet processed).

CONFORMING TO
       The NETLINK_SOCK_DIAG API is Linux-specific.

VERSIONS
       NETLINK_INET_DIAG  was introduced in Linux 2.6.14 and supported AF_INET
       and  AF_INET6  sockets  only.   In  Linux  3.3,	it  was	  renamed   to
       NETLINK_SOCK_DIAG and extended to support AF_UNIX sockets.

       UNIX_DIAG_MEMINFO and INET_DIAG_SKMEMINFO were introduced in Linux 3.6.

EXAMPLE
       The following example program prints inode number, peer's inode number,
       and name of all UNIX domain sockets in the current namespace.

       #include <errno.h>
       #include <stdio.h>
       #include <string.h>
       #include <unistd.h>
       #include <sys/socket.h>
       #include <sys/un.h>
       #include <linux/netlink.h>
       #include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
       #include <linux/sock_diag.h>
       #include <linux/unix_diag.h>

       static int
       send_query(int fd)
       {
	   struct sockaddr_nl nladdr = {
	       .nl_family = AF_NETLINK
	   };
	   struct
	   {
	       struct nlmsghdr nlh;
	       struct unix_diag_req udr;
	   } req = {
	       .nlh = {
		   .nlmsg_len = sizeof(req),
		   .nlmsg_type = SOCK_DIAG_BY_FAMILY,
		   .nlmsg_flags = NLM_F_REQUEST | NLM_F_DUMP
	       },
	       .udr = {
		   .sdiag_family = AF_UNIX,
		   .udiag_states = -1,
		   .udiag_show = UDIAG_SHOW_NAME | UDIAG_SHOW_PEER
	       }
	   };
	   struct iovec iov = {
	       .iov_base = &req,
	       .iov_len = sizeof(req)
	   };
	   struct msghdr msg = {
	       .msg_name = (void *) &nladdr,
	       .msg_namelen = sizeof(nladdr),
	       .msg_iov = &iov,
	       .msg_iovlen = 1
	   };

	   for (;;) {
	       if (sendmsg(fd, &msg, 0) < 0) {
		   if (errno == EINTR)
		       continue;

		   perror("sendmsg");
		   return -1;
	       }

	       return 0;
	   }
       }

       static int
       print_diag(const struct unix_diag_msg *diag, unsigned int len)
       {
	   if (len < NLMSG_LENGTH(sizeof(*diag))) {
	       fputs("short response\n", stderr);
	       return -1;
	   }
	   if (diag->udiag_family != AF_UNIX) {
	       fprintf(stderr, "unexpected family %u\n", diag->udiag_family);
	       return -1;
	   }

	   struct rtattr *attr;
	   unsigned int rta_len = len - NLMSG_LENGTH(sizeof(*diag));
	   unsigned int peer = 0;
	   size_t path_len = 0;
	   char path[sizeof(((struct sockaddr_un *) 0)->sun_path) + 1];

	   for (attr = (struct rtattr *) (diag + 1);
		    RTA_OK(attr, rta_len); attr = RTA_NEXT(attr, rta_len)) {
	       switch (attr->rta_type) {
	       case UNIX_DIAG_NAME:
		   if (!path_len) {
		       path_len = RTA_PAYLOAD(attr);
		       if (path_len > sizeof(path) - 1)
			   path_len = sizeof(path) - 1;
		       memcpy(path, RTA_DATA(attr), path_len);
		       path[path_len] = '\0';
		   }
		   break;

	       case UNIX_DIAG_PEER:
		   if (RTA_PAYLOAD(attr) >= sizeof(peer))
		       peer = *(unsigned int *) RTA_DATA(attr);
		   break;
	       }
	   }

	   printf("inode=%u", diag->udiag_ino);

	   if (peer)
	       printf(", peer=%u", peer);

	   if (path_len)
	       printf(", name=%s%s", *path ? "" : "@",
		       *path ? path : path + 1);

	   putchar('\n');
	   return 0;
       }

       static int
       receive_responses(int fd)
       {
	   long buf[8192 / sizeof(long)];
	   struct sockaddr_nl nladdr = {
	       .nl_family = AF_NETLINK
	   };
	   struct iovec iov = {
	       .iov_base = buf,
	       .iov_len = sizeof(buf)
	   };
	   int flags = 0;

	   for (;;) {
	       struct msghdr msg = {
		   .msg_name = (void *) &nladdr,
		   .msg_namelen = sizeof(nladdr),
		   .msg_iov = &iov,
		   .msg_iovlen = 1
	       };

	       ssize_t ret = recvmsg(fd, &msg, flags);

	       if (ret < 0) {
		   if (errno == EINTR)
		       continue;

		   perror("recvmsg");
		   return -1;
	       }
	       if (ret == 0)
		   return 0;

	       const struct nlmsghdr *h = (struct nlmsghdr *) buf;

	       if (!NLMSG_OK(h, ret)) {
		   fputs("!NLMSG_OK\n", stderr);
		   return -1;
	       }

	       for (; NLMSG_OK(h, ret); h = NLMSG_NEXT(h, ret)) {
		   if (h->nlmsg_type == NLMSG_DONE)
		       return 0;

		   if (h->nlmsg_type == NLMSG_ERROR) {
		       const struct nlmsgerr *err = NLMSG_DATA(h);

		       if (h->nlmsg_len < NLMSG_LENGTH(sizeof(*err))) {
			   fputs("NLMSG_ERROR\n", stderr);
		       } else {
			   errno = -err->error;
			   perror("NLMSG_ERROR");
		       }

		       return -1;
		   }

		   if (h->nlmsg_type != SOCK_DIAG_BY_FAMILY) {
		       fprintf(stderr, "unexpected nlmsg_type %u\n",
			       (unsigned) h->nlmsg_type);
		       return -1;
		   }

		   if (print_diag(NLMSG_DATA(h), h->nlmsg_len))
		       return -1;
	       }
	   }
       }

       int
       main(void)
       {
	   int fd = socket(AF_NETLINK, SOCK_RAW, NETLINK_SOCK_DIAG);

	   if (fd < 0) {
	       perror("socket");
	       return 1;
	   }

	   int ret = send_query(fd) || receive_responses(fd);

	   close(fd);
	   return ret;
       }

SEE ALSO
       netlink(3), rtnetlink(3), netlink(7), tcp(7)

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