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.TH "ALLOC_SKB" 9 "August 2005" "Kernel Hackers Manual" "LINUX"
.SH NAME
alloc_skb \- allocate a network buffer
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.ad l
.hy 0
.HP 32
struct\ sk_buff\ *\ \fBalloc_skb\ \fR\ (unsigned\ int\ \fIsize\fR, int\ \fIgfp_mask\fR);
.ad
.hy

.SH "ARGUMENTS"

.TP
\fIsize\fR
size to allocate

.TP
\fIgfp_mask\fR
allocation mask

.SH "DESCRIPTION"

.PP
Allocate a new &sk_buff\&. The returned buffer has no headroom and a tail room of size bytes\&. The object has a reference count of one\&. The return is the buffer\&. On a failure the return is \fBNULL\fR\&.

.PP
Buffers may only be allocated from interrupts using a \fIgfp_mask\fR of \fBGFP_ATOMIC\fR\&.