SYNOPSIS

struct sk_buff * __dev_alloc_skb(unsigned int length, gfp_t gfp_mask);

ARGUMENTS

length

length to allocate

gfp_mask

get_free_pages mask, passed to alloc_skb

DESCRIPTION

Allocate a new sk_buff and assign it a usage count of one. The buffer has unspecified 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.

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