overview of the virtual ELF dynamic shared object NAME vdso - overview of the virtual ELF dynamic shared object SYNOPSIS #include <sys/auxv.h> void *vdso = (uintptr_t) getauxval(AT…sockets for local interprocess communication NAME unix - sockets for local interprocess communication SYNOPSIS #include <sys/socket.h> #include <sys/un.h> unix_socket = socket(AF_U…TCP protocol NAME tcp - TCP protocol SYNOPSIS #include <sys/socket.h> #include <netinet/in.h> #include <netinet/tcp.h> tcp_socket = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0); DESCRIPTION Thi…POSIX asynchronous I/O overview NAME aio - POSIX asynchronous I/O overview DESCRIPTION The POSIX asynchronous I/O (AIO) interface allows applications to initiate one or more I/O op…feature test macros NAME feature_test_macros - feature test macros DESCRIPTION Feature test macros allow the programmer to control the definitions that are exposed by system header…feature test macros NAME feature_test_macros - feature test macros DESCRIPTION Feature test macros allow the programmer to control the definitions that are exposed by system header…monitoring filesystem events NAME fanotify - monitoring filesystem events DESCRIPTION The fanotify API provides notification and interception of filesystem events. Use cases includ…communication between kernel and user space (AF_NETLINK) NAME netlink - communication between kernel and user space (AF_NETLINK) SYNOPSIS #include <asm/types.h> #include <sys/socke…decimal and binary prefixes NAME units - decimal and binary prefixes DESCRIPTION Decimal prefixes The SI system of units uses prefixes that indicate powers of ten. A kilometer is 1…overview of Linux user namespaces NAME user_namespaces - overview of Linux user namespaces DESCRIPTION For an overview of namespaces, see namespaces (7). User namespaces isolate se…description of the filesystem hierarchy NAME hier - description of the filesystem hierarchy DESCRIPTION A typical Linux system has, among others, the following directories: / This …low-level access to Linux network devices NAME netdevice - low-level access to Linux network devices SYNOPSIS #include <sys/ioctl.h> #include <net/if.h> DESCRIPTION This man page d…obtaining information about sockets NAME sock_diag - obtaining information about sockets SYNOPSIS #include <sys/socket.h> #include <linux/sock_diag.h> #include <linux/unix_diag.h> …list of eBPF helper functions NAME BPF-HELPERS - list of eBPF helper functions DESCRIPTION The extended Berkeley Packet Filter (eBPF) subsystem consists in programs written in a ps…POSIX threads NAME pthreads - POSIX threads DESCRIPTION POSIX.1 specifies a set of interfaces (functions, header files) for threaded programming commonly known as POSIX threads, or…overview of POSIX message queues NAME mq_overview - overview of POSIX message queues DESCRIPTION POSIX message queues allow processes to exchange data in the form of messages. This…monitoring filesystem events NAME inotify - monitoring filesystem events DESCRIPTION The inotify API provides a mechanism for monitoring filesystem events. Inotify can be used to m…eqn language reference for mandoc NAME eqn — eqn language reference for mandoc DESCRIPTION The eqn language is an equation-formatting language. It is used within mdoc(7) and man(7)…overview of standard C libraries on Linux NAME libc - overview of standard C libraries on Linux DESCRIPTION The term “libc” is commonly used as a shorthand for the “standard C libr…overview of standard C libraries on Linux NAME libc - overview of standard C libraries on Linux DESCRIPTION The term “libc” is commonly used as a shorthand for the “standard C libr…