__NETDEV_ALLOC_SKB

Section: Linux Networking (9)
Updated: February 2011
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NAME

__netdev_alloc_skb - allocate an skbuff for rx on a specific device  

SYNOPSIS

struct sk_buff * __netdev_alloc_skb(struct net_device * dev, unsigned int length, gfp_t gfp_mask);
 

ARGUMENTS

dev

network device to receive on

length

length to allocate

gfp_mask

get_free_pages mask, passed to alloc_skb
 

DESCRIPTION

Allocate a new sk_buff and assign it a usage count of one. The buffer has unspecified headroom built in. Users should allocate the headroom they think they need without accounting for the built in space. The built in space is used for optimisations.

NULL is returned if there is no free memory.  

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