__DEV_ALLOC_SKB
Section: LINUX (9)
Updated: August 2005
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NAME
__dev_alloc_skb - allocate an skbuff for sending
SYNOPSIS
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- struct sk_buff * __dev_alloc_skb (unsigned int length, int gfp_mask);
ARGUMENTS
- length
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length to allocate
- gfp_mask
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get_free_pages mask, passed to alloc_skb
DESCRIPTION
Allocate a new &sk_buff and assign it a usage count of one. The buffer has unspecified headroom built in. Users should allocate the headroom they think they need without accounting for the built in space. The built in space is used for optimisations.
NULL is returned in there is no free memory.
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