SKB_PULL

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

skb_pull - remove data from the start of a buffer  

SYNOPSIS

unsigned char * skb_pull(struct sk_buff * skb, unsigned int len);
 

ARGUMENTS

skb

buffer to use

len

amount of data to remove
 

DESCRIPTION

This function removes data from the start of a buffer, returning the memory to the headroom. A pointer to the next data in the buffer is returned. Once the data has been pulled future pushes will overwrite the old data.  

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