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.\"      Date: July 2017
.\"    Manual: Linux Networking
.\"    Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 4.11.6
.\"  Language: English
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.TH "SKB_ORPHAN" "9" "July 2017" "Kernel Hackers Manual 4\&.11\&" "Linux Networking"
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.SH "NAME"
skb_orphan \- orphan a buffer
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'void\ skb_orphan('u
.BI "void skb_orphan(struct\ sk_buff\ *\ " "skb" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fIstruct sk_buff * skb\fR
.RS 4
buffer to orphan
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
If a buffer currently has an owner then we call the owner\*(Aqs destructor function and make the
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unowned\&. The buffer continues to exist but is no longer charged to its former owner\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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