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ipc, refactor: Add SocketId type alias and use it

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Authored by Ryan Ofsky

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ipc, refactor: Add SocketId type alias and use it

Use SocketId type instead of int to represent socket ids to be
compatible with an upcoming version of libmultiprocess which adds
windows support.
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit is a straightforward code cleanup: it replaces the plain 'int' type with a new 'SocketId' type alias when referring to socket identifiers throughout Bitcoin Core's inter-process communication (IPC) code. The change is described by the author as preparation for a future version of the libmultiprocess library that will add Windows support. There is no security fix here and no change to program logic—only type names and a constant for the error value were updated.

Recommended action

No security action required. Treat as a normal refactoring commit during review/merge.

Security signals we found

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Why this scored 15/100

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Potential impact 0/30
Exploitability 0/25
Stealth signal 0/15
Affected reach 0/15
Confidence 10/10
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