magenta/docs/objects/socket.md

Socket

NAME

Socket - Bidirectional streaming IPC transport

SYNOPSIS

Sockets are a bidirectional stream transport. Unlike channels, sockets only move data (not handles).

DESCRIPTION

Data is written into one end of a socket via mx_socket_write and read from the opposing end via mx_socket_read.

Upon creation, both ends of the socket are writable and readable. Via the MX_SOCKET_HALF_CLOSE option to mx_socket_write, one end of the socket can be closed for reading (and the opposing end for writing).

SYSCALLS

• socket_create - create a new socket
• socket_read - read data from a socket
• socket_write - write data to a socket