__netdev_alloc_skb9
Allocate an skbuff for rx on a specific device
Usage
struct sk_buff * __netdev_alloc_skb(struct net_device * dev, unsigned int len, gfp_t gfp_mask);
Arguments
dev
network device to receive on
len
length to allocate
gfp_mask
get_free_pages mask, passed to alloc_skb
Overview
Allocate a new sk_buff and assign it a usage count of one. The buffer has NET_SKB_PAD 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.
Releases
6 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 5 times.