carta
skb_cow(9)

skb_cow9

Copy header of skb when it is required

Arguments

skb

buffer to cow

headroom

needed headroom

Overview

If the skb passed lacks sufficient headroom or its data part is shared, data is reallocated. If reallocation fails, an error is returned and original skb is not changed.

The result is skb with writable area skb->head...skb->tail and at least headroom of space at head.

History

  • Debian 9 (Stretch): the text shown here
  • Debian 8 (Jessie)
  • Debian 7 (Wheezy)
  • Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)
  • Debian 5.0 (Lenny)
  • Debian 4.0 (Etch)

From linux-manual-4.9 4.9.228-1 in Debian 9 (Stretch). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.