---
name: "skb_orphan"
section: "9"
platform: "linux"
package: "linux-manual-4.9"
version: "4.9.228-1"
release: "Debian 9 (Stretch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/skb_orphan"
---

# skb\_orphan(9)

orphan a buffer

## NAME

skb\_orphan - orphan a buffer

## SYNOPSIS

**void skb\_orphan(struct sk\_buff \*** *skb***);**

## ARGUMENTS

*skb*

buffer to orphan

## DESCRIPTION

If a buffer currently has an owner then we call the owner's destructor function and make the *skb* unowned. The buffer continues to exist but is no longer charged to its former owner.

## COPYRIGHT