Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265655AbUFVVZT (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Jun 2004 17:25:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266023AbUFVVZN (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Jun 2004 17:25:13 -0400 Received: from vena.lwn.net ([206.168.112.25]:15279 "HELO lwn.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S265163AbUFVVYE (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Jun 2004 17:24:04 -0400 Message-ID: <20040622212403.21346.qmail@lwn.net> To: rahul b jain cs student Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: sk_buff structure From: corbet@lwn.net (Jonathan Corbet) In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 22 Jun 2004 16:48:27 EDT." Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 15:24:03 -0600 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 640 Lines: 17 > In this structure there are pointers called headroom, data, tailroom and > end. Does anyone know what these are used for. Or can anyone point me to a > good explanation for these fields. There is a basic discussion in chapter 14 of Linux Device Drivers which you can read online at http://www.xml.com/ldd/chapter/book/index.html. jon Jonathan Corbet Executive editor, LWN.net corbet@lwn.net - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/