From: michi1@michaelblizek.twilightparadox.com (michi1 at michaelblizek.twilightparadox.com)
To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org
Subject: Can anyone plz explain me the fields
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2013 19:26:42 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130404172642.GC2256@grml> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAALD5izPo0uK9OykZy0SfQjs24GGDDkuopvtJA6OKPhHW1hNFA@mail.gmail.com>
Hi!
On 17:38 Thu 04 Apr , Tarun Batra wrote:
> Can anyone plz explain me the fields
>
>
> skb = kmem_cache_alloc(skbuff_head_cache, gfp_mask & ~_ _GFP_DMA);
> ... ... ...
> size = SKB_DATA_ALIGN(size);
size of data buffer (the bytes you send over the wire not the overhead of
everything you need in ram to process the packets)
> data = kmalloc(size + sizeof(struct skb_shared_info), gfp_mask);
data is the actual buffer (+skb_shared_info at the end of it)
-Michi
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programing a layer 3+4 network protocol for mesh networks
see http://michaelblizek.twilightparadox.com
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2013-04-04 12:08 Can anyone plz explain me the fields Tarun Batra
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