SCTP_PEELOFF(3)            Linux Programmer's Manual           SCTP_PEELOFF(3)

NAME
       sctp_peeloff - Branch off an association into a separate socket.

SYNOPSIS
       #include <sys/types.h>
       #include <sys/socket.h>
       #include <netinet/sctp.h>

       int sctp_peeloff(int sd, sctp_assoc_t assoc_id);
       int sctp_peeloff_flags(int sd, sctp_assoc_t assoc_id, unsigned flags);

DESCRIPTION
       sctp_peeloff branches off an existing association assoc_id on a one-to-
       many style socket sd into a separate socket. The new socket is a one-
       to-one style socket.

       This is particularly desirable when, for instance, the application
       wishes to have a number of sporadic message senders/receivers remain
       under the original one-to-many style socket, but branch off those
       assocations carrying high volume data traffic into their own separate
       socket descriptors.

       sctp_peeloff_flags is a variant of sctp_peeloff, in which flags
       describing the behavior of the newly peeled off socket can be
       specified.  Currently the supported flags are:

       SOCK_NONBLOCK
              Specifies that the new socket should not block on io operations.

       SOCK_CLOEXEC
              Specifies that the new socket should be closed when the owning
              process calls exec.

RETURN VALUE
       On success, the new socket descriptor representing the branched-off
       asociation is returned.  On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set
       appropriately.

ERRORS
       EBADF  sd is not a valid descriptor.

       EINVAL The assoc id passed is invalid or if the socket is a one-to-one
              style socket.

       ENOTSOCK
              Argument is a descriptor for a file, not a socket.

NOTES
       sctp_peeloff_flags is a linux specific variant of sctp_peeloff.  While
       it will compile on other systems, its use will result in an error
       return.  Portable code should use sctp_peeloff.

SEE ALSO
       sctp(7) sctp_bindx(3), sctp_connectx(3), sctp_sendmsg(3),
       sctp_sendv(3), sctp_send(3), sctp_recvmsg(3), sctp_recvv(3),
       sctp_getpaddrs(3), sctp_getladdrs(3), sctp_opt_info(3),

Linux 2.6                         2005-10-25                   SCTP_PEELOFF(3)