[BUG?] ipv6.7: SOCK_DGRAM can accept different protocols?

[Alejandro Colomar <colomar.6.4.3@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Reading a stackoverflow question 
<https://stackoverflow.com/questions/51996808/do-we-need-to-specify-protocol-when-type-is-sock-dgram-or-sock-stream-in-soc> 
it noted that, while ip(7) notes that protocol can be left as 0 for both 
SOCK_STREAM and SOCK_DGRAM, ipv6(7) is misleading and seems to suggest 
that protocol may be significant for SOCK_DGRAM (at least in the SYNOPSIS).

I guess that's not true, and it can be left as 0, but since I don't 
know, I'll ask.

Thanks,

Alex


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IP(7)                Linux Programmer's Manual               IP(7)

NAME
       ip - Linux IPv4 protocol implementation

SYNOPSIS
       #include <sys/socket.h>
       #include <netinet/in.h>
       #include <netinet/ip.h> /* superset of previous */

       tcp_socket = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
       udp_socket = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
       raw_socket = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_RAW, protocol);


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IPV6(7)              Linux Programmer's Manual             IPV6(7)

NAME
       ipv6 - Linux IPv6 protocol implementation

SYNOPSIS
       #include <sys/socket.h>
       #include <netinet/in.h>

       tcp6_socket = socket(AF_INET6, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
       raw6_socket = socket(AF_INET6, SOCK_RAW, protocol);
       udp6_socket = socket(AF_INET6, SOCK_DGRAM, protocol);


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Alejandro Colomar
Linux man-pages comaintainer; https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/
http://www.alejandro-colomar.es/