* when is alloc_skb called
@ 2004-06-07 21:29 Sushant Sharma
2004-06-07 22:57 ` Ben Collins
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From: Sushant Sharma @ 2004-06-07 21:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel
Hi All
I want to know which are the evnets
that can lead to the calling of alloc_skb
function which is used to allocate sk_buff.
Arrival and departure of packet are 2 events
which I know. Are there any other events/cases
which can lead to alloc_skb(...) function call in kernel.
Thanks for help
Sushant
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* Re: when is alloc_skb called
2004-06-07 21:29 when is alloc_skb called Sushant Sharma
@ 2004-06-07 22:57 ` Ben Collins
2004-06-26 5:16 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
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From: Ben Collins @ 2004-06-07 22:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Sushant Sharma; +Cc: linux-kernel
On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 03:29:14PM -0600, Sushant Sharma wrote:
> Hi All
>
> I want to know which are the evnets
> that can lead to the calling of alloc_skb
> function which is used to allocate sk_buff.
> Arrival and departure of packet are 2 events
> which I know. Are there any other events/cases
> which can lead to alloc_skb(...) function call in kernel.
Some non-network related drivers use skb's for non-network related
things (ieee1394 is one such abuser).
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* Re: when is alloc_skb called
2004-06-07 22:57 ` Ben Collins
@ 2004-06-26 5:16 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
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From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo @ 2004-06-26 5:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ben Collins; +Cc: Sushant Sharma, linux-kernel
Ben Collins wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 03:29:14PM -0600, Sushant Sharma wrote:
>
>>Hi All
>>
>>I want to know which are the evnets
>>that can lead to the calling of alloc_skb
>>function which is used to allocate sk_buff.
>>Arrival and departure of packet are 2 events
>>which I know. Are there any other events/cases
>>which can lead to alloc_skb(...) function call in kernel.
>
>
> Some non-network related drivers use skb's for non-network related
> things (ieee1394 is one such abuser).
>
And some network protocol stacks use it to report events, like
connection requests, etc see the x25 code, for instance
(x25_establish_link, x25_terminate_link), sometimes allocating
1 byte, sometimes using the skb->cb scratch area.
- Arnaldo
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