SKB_CLONE

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NAME

skb_clone - duplicate an sk_buff  

SYNOPSIS

"SYNOPSIS"

struct sk_buff * skb_clone (struct sk_buff * skb, int gfp_mask);  

ARGUMENTS

skb
buffer to clone
gfp_mask
allocation priority
 

DESCRIPTION

Duplicate an &sk_buff. The new one is not owned by a socket. Both copies share the same packet data but not structure. The new buffer has a reference count of 1. If the allocation fails the function returns NULL otherwise the new buffer is returned.

If this function is called from an interrupt gfp_mask must be GFP_ATOMIC.


 

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