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| __ALLOC_SKB(9) | Linux Networking | __ALLOC_SKB(9) |
NAME¶
__alloc_skb - allocate a network bufferSYNOPSIS¶
struct
sk_buff * __alloc_skb(unsigned int size,
gfp_t gfp_mask, int fclone,
int node);
ARGUMENTS¶
sizesize to allocate
gfp_mask
allocation mask
fclone
allocate from fclone cache instead of head
cache and allocate a cloned (child) skb
node
numa node to allocate memory on
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.COPYRIGHT¶
| March 2016 | Kernel Hackers Manual 3.2. |