socket_accept(3)

NAME
socket_accept() - accept a connection on a socket

SYNOPSIS
#include <socket.h>
#include <socket_errors.h>
int socket_accept(int s, string close_callback, string write_callback)

DESCRIPTION
The argument s is a socket that has been created with socket_create(3), bound to an address with socket_bind(3), and is listening for connections after a socket_listen(3). socket_accept() extracts the first connection on the queue of pending connections, creates a new socket with the same properties of s and allocates a new file descriptor for the socket. If no pending connections are present on the queue, socket_accept() returns an error as described below. The accepted socket is used to read and write data to and from the socket which connected to this one; it is not used to accept more connections. The original socket s remains open for accepting further connections.

The argument close_callback is the name of a function for the driver to call if the socket closes unexpectedly, i.e. not as the result of a socket_close(3) call. The close callback should follow this format:

    void close_callback(int fd)

Where fd is the socket which has closed.

The argument write_callback is the name of a function for the driver to call when the new socket (not the accepting socket) is ready to be written to. The write callback should follow this format:

    void write_callback(int fd)

Where fd is the socket which is ready to be written to.

RETURN VALUES
socket_accept() returns a non-negative descriptor for the accepted socket on success. On failure, it returns a negative value. socket_error(3) can be used on the return value to get a text description of the error.

ERRORS

EEFDRANGE
    Descriptor out of range.

EEBADF
    Descriptor is invalid.

EESECURITY
    Security violation attempted.

EEMODENOTSUPP
    Socket mode not supported.

EENOTLISTN
    Socket not listening.

EEWOULDBLOCK
    Operation would block.

EEINTR
    Interrupted system call.

EEACCEPT
    Problem with accept.

EENOSOCKS
    No more available efun sockets.

SEE ALSO
socket_bind(3), socket_connect(3), socket_create(3), socket_listen(3)