Man page 9 : wimax_msg

wimax_msg - Send a message to user space

int wimax_msg(struct wimax_dev *  wimax_dev , const char *  pipe_name , const void *  buf , size_t  size , gfp_t  gfp_flags );

wimax_dev
    WiMAX device descriptor (properly referenced)

pipe_name
    "named pipe" the message will be sent to

buf
    pointer to the message to send.

size
    size of the buffer pointed to by buf (in bytes).

gfp_flags
    flags for memory allocation.

0 if ok, negative errno code on error.

Sends a free-form message to user space on the device wimax_dev.

Once the skb is given to this function, who will own it and will release it when done (unless it returns error).