static int create_socket(env_t *environment, int *sockfd)
{
    struct addrinfo hints = {0};

    *sockfd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_RAW | SOCK_NONBLOCK, IPPROTO_ICMP);
    if (*sockfd == -1)
    {
        LOG("Error in creating socket: %s\n", strerror(errno));
        TEST(0, ERR_SYSCALL);
    }

    hints.ai_family = AF_INET;
    hints.ai_flags = AI_NUMERICHOST;

    bind_socket(environment, sockfd, &hints, TRUE);
}

static int ping_send(const char* ip, task_t *task)
{
    struct icmp *icmp;
    icmp_send_data_t send_data = {{0}};
    char packet[PACKET_DATA_SIZE + sizeof(struct icmp)] = {0};
    ib_uint16_t sum = 0;

    struct sockaddr_in serv_addr = {0};

    icmp = (struct icmp *)packet;

    icmp_data_t *icmp_d = NULL;
    check_t *monitor = NULL;
    monitor = task->monitor;
    icmp_d = (icmp_data_t *) task->data;

    icmp->icmp_type = ICMP_ECHO;
    icmp->icmp_code = 0;
    icmp->icmp_id = icmp_d->pid;
    icmp->icmp_seq = 0;

    gettimeofday(&send_data.current_time, NULL);
    send_data.task_id = task->id;
    TEST(sizeof(send_data) < PACKET_DATA_SIZE, FAILURE);
    memcpy(icmp->icmp_data, &send_data, sizeof(send_data));

    icmp->icmp_cksum = 0;
    iutil_uint16_cksum((ib_uint16_t *)icmp, sizeof(struct icmp), &sum);
    icmp->icmp_cksum = sum;

    ITEST(inet_pton(AF_INET, ip, &serv_addr.sin_addr.s_addr) == 1, IERR_ARG);

    if (sendto(icmp_d->socketfd, packet, sizeof(struct icmp), 0,
                (struct sockaddr *)&serv_addr,
                sizeof(struct sockaddr_in)) < 0)
    {
        LOG("Error(%s) Failed to send ping message to %s", strerror(errno), monitor->host);

        status_update(task, STATUS_OFFLINE));
        TEST(0, IERR_FAILURE);
    }
}