skb_pull(9)

skb_pull9

Remove data from the start of a buffer

Usage

unsigned char * skb_pull(struct sk_buff * skb, unsigned int len);

Arguments

skb

buffer to use

len

amount of data to remove

Overview

This function removes data from the start of a buffer, returning the memory to the headroom. A pointer to the next data in the buffer is returned. Once the data has been pulled future pushes will overwrite the old data.

Releases

6 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 5 times.

  1. 4.0
  2. 5.0
  3. 6.0
  4. 7
  5. 8
  6. 9

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