hi all i am bit confused with the function defination of inet_listen. How a listen socket can listen and return to application at a time. since a server stops at accpet not at listen then how listening port start. I was thinking that the listen call thread out at the tcp_v4_hash function time but it actaully does not use any thread fucntion and simple return so how does the listening socket start. thanks TEJ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html