skb_orphan(9)

skb_orphan9

Orphan a buffer

Usage

void skb_orphan(struct sk_buff * skb);

Arguments

skb

buffer to orphan

Overview

If a buffer currently has an owner then we call the owner's destructor function and make the skb unowned. The buffer continues to exist but is no longer charged to its former owner.

Releases

6 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 5 times.

  1. 4.0
  2. 5.0
  3. 6.0
  4. 7
  5. 8
  6. 9

From linux-manual-4.9 4.9.228-1 in Debian 9 (Stretch). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.