Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 18:57:44 -0400
From: Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>
To: Sushant Sharma <sushant@cs.unm.edu>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: when is alloc_skb called
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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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