1. NAME▲

skb_clone - duplicate an sk_buff

2. SYNOPSIS ▲

struct sk_buff * skb_clone(struct sk_buff *  skb , gfp_t  gfp_mask );

3. ARGUMENTS ▲

skb
    buffer to clone

gfp_mask
    allocation priority

4. DESCRIPTION ▲

Duplicate an sk_buff. The new one is not owned by a socket. Both copies share the same packet data but not structure. The new buffer has a reference count of 1. If the allocation fails the function returns NULL otherwise the new buffer is returned.

If this function is called from an interrupt gfp_mask must be GFP_ATOMIC.

5. COPYRIGHT ▲