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>__dev_alloc_skb -- allocate an skbuff for sending
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>struct sk_buff * <TT
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> length to allocate
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> get_free_pages mask, passed to alloc_skb
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> Allocate a new &sk_buff and assign it a usage count of one. The
buffer has unspecified headroom built in. Users should allocate
the headroom they think they need without accounting for the
built in space. The built in space is used for optimisations.
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