SK_ALLOC

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

sk_alloc - All socket objects are allocated here  

SYNOPSIS

struct sock * sk_alloc(struct net * net, int family, gfp_t priority, struct proto * prot);
 

ARGUMENTS

net

the applicable net namespace

family

protocol family

priority

for allocation (GFP_KERNEL, GFP_ATOMIC, etc)

prot

struct proto associated with this new sock instance
 

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