[zvoice]

Iperf client calls write() to send a message to iperf server. My aim - is to find out the way the information goes thru the kernel. First of all, i wanna find write method for sockets. it's something like that

int             (*sendmsg)   (struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
                                      struct msghdr *m, size_t total_len);

Could u please help me?

[vthanki]

well, write() is the system call, which takes fd (ie. file descriptor) as one of the arguments. you can get the code of write() system call in <kernel_source_dir>/fs/open.c (i guess) and the function name would be sys_write().. now depending upon the file descriptor, kernel will identify that its a regular file descriptor or a socket descriptor. once it finds that the descriptor is socket, it will call the socket's write method, which will be pointing to "sendmsg".. i hope this helps..

[zvoice]

Thank you for your answer)))
I'll try to find socket's sendmsg method that way

[zvoice]

Originally Posted by vthanki

well, write() is the system call, which takes fd (ie. file descriptor) as one of the arguments. you can get the code of write() system call in <kernel_source_dir>/fs/open.c (i guess) and the function name would be sys_write().. now depending upon the file descriptor, kernel will identify that its a regular file descriptor or a socket descriptor. once it finds that the descriptor is socket, it will call the socket's write method, which will be pointing to "sendmsg".. i hope this helps..

there is no method like write() in open.c

[vthanki]

sorry about that.. u'll find it in fs/read_write.c (as u mentioned).. method name would be sys_write() (sys_<name>) is the convention for syscalls in linux..