1__NETDEV_ALLOC_SKB(9)          Linux Networking          __NETDEV_ALLOC_SKB(9)
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NAME

6       __netdev_alloc_skb - allocate an skbuff for rx on a specific device
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SYNOPSIS

9       struct sk_buff * __netdev_alloc_skb(struct net_device * dev,
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11                                           gfp_t gfp_mask);
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ARGUMENTS

14       dev
15           network device to receive on
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18           length to allocate
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21           get_free_pages mask, passed to alloc_skb
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DESCRIPTION

24       Allocate a new sk_buff and assign it a usage count of one. The buffer
25       has unspecified headroom built in. Users should allocate the headroom
26       they think they need without accounting for the built in space. The
27       built in space is used for optimisations.
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29       NULL is returned if there is no free memory.
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32Kernel Hackers Manual 2.6.         June 2019             __NETDEV_ALLOC_SKB(9)
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