Linux Kernel - Socket file descriptor close location

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Published on 2010-04-25T23:46:26Z Indexed on 2010/04/25 23:53 UTC
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Where in the linux kernel does the closing of a socket's file descriptor occur? I know for a file, the file's file descriptor is closed in fs/open.cs function sys_close(). However, for a socket file descriptor, is this the same location or somewhere else?

Also, do sockets utilize the file.c alloc_fd to allocate the file descriptor or do they utilize some other function?

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