CONSUME_SKB

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

consume_skb - free an skbuff  

SYNOPSIS

void consume_skb(struct sk_buff * skb);
 

ARGUMENTS

skb

buffer to free
 

DESCRIPTION

Drop a ref to the buffer and free it if the usage count has hit zero Functions identically to kfree_skb, but kfree_skb assumes that the frame is being dropped after a failure and notes that  

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