On Monday 29 November 2004 06:23, Roberto Jung Drebes wrote: > Should I call kfree_skb(clone_skb) after the ip_rcv(), or will the > cloned sk_buff be freed when it reaches upper level protocols? I cant vouch for it, but IMO, the socket buffers get queued into the appropriate socket, and is freed only when it has been read(). So, you wont have to kfree_skb(). -- Regards, Kiran Kumar Immidi