ya, ur right. The alloc_skb() does malloc for skb. I dint understand 2nd part of ur question. On 5/7/05, rajat swarup <rajats@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > I was looking at the ICMP message sending code in ipip.c and it uses > following prototype for icmp_send(struct sk_buff*. void*). > I had a few questions in mind regarding this method: > Before calling this method obviously one is supposed to allocate > memory for sk_buff structure and I think that alloc_skb() does it...is > that correct? > Also, the sk_buff structure is more of a collection of pointers ... so > when you do alloc_skb do u have allocate some memory pointed to by > these pointers ? > I am operating in the netfilter hook in the NF_IP_FORWARD stage. > > Any help will be appreciated! > > Thanks and regards, > Rajat. > http://rajatswarup.blogspot.com/ > > -- > Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. > Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ > FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/ > > -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
