ALLOC_SKB
Section: (9)
Updated: 09 October 2005
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NAME
alloc_skb - allocate a network buffer
SYNOPSIS
"SYNOPSIS"
struct sk_buff * alloc_skb (unsigned int size, unsigned int __nocast gfp_mask);
ARGUMENTS
- size
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size to allocate
- gfp_mask
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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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