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.TH "SKB_UNSHARE" "9" "14 August 2003" "" ""

.SH NAME
skb_unshare \- make a copy of a shared buffer
.SH SYNOPSIS
.sp
\fB
.sp
struct sk_buff * skb_unshare  (struct sk_buff * \fIskb\fB, int \fIpri\fB);
\fR
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.TP
\fB\fIskb\fB\fR
buffer to check
.TP
\fB\fIpri\fB\fR
priority for memory allocation
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
If the socket buffer is a clone then this function creates a new
copy of the data, drops a reference count on the old copy and returns
the new copy with the reference count at 1. If the buffer is not a clone
the original buffer is returned. When called with a spinlock held or
from interrupt state \fIpri\fR must be GFP_ATOMIC
.PP
NULL is returned on a memory allocation failure.
.SH "ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT"
.PP
This documentation was generated with kernel version 2.6.0.