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__ALLOC_SKB(9)		       Linux Networking			__ALLOC_SKB(9)

NAME
       __alloc_skb - allocate a network buffer

SYNOPSIS
       struct sk_buff * __alloc_skb(unsigned int size, gfp_t gfp_mask,
				    int fclone, int node);

ARGUMENTS
       size
	   size to allocate

       gfp_mask
	   allocation mask

       fclone
	   allocate from fclone cache instead of head cache and allocate a
	   cloned (child) skb

       node
	   numa node to allocate memory on

DESCRIPTION
       Allocate a new sk_buff. The returned buffer has no headroom and a tail
       room of size bytes. The object has a reference count of one. The return
       is the buffer. On a failure the return is NULL.

       Buffers may only be allocated from interrupts using a gfp_mask of
       GFP_ATOMIC.

COPYRIGHT
Kernel Hackers Manual 2.6.	 November 2013			__ALLOC_SKB(9)

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