ALLOC_SKB

Section: LINUX (9)
Updated: August 2005
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NAME

alloc_skb - allocate a network buffer  

SYNOPSIS

struct sk_buff * alloc_skb  (unsigned int size, int gfp_mask);

 

ARGUMENTS

size
size to allocate

gfp_mask
allocation mask

 

DESCRIPTION

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 NULL.

Buffers may only be allocated from interrupts using a gfp_mask of GFP_ATOMIC.


 

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