Ownership of sk_buff

[rohan puri]

On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 5:33 AM, Vimal <j.vimal at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> When a protocol like TCP or UDP creates an sk_buff and passes it down
> to the layer 3 and layer 2 protocol functions, which module has
> ownership of the buffer as it gets passed down?   Is it the
> responsibility of the caller, or the callee to free the sk_buff?  Are
> there any exceptions?
>
> Thanks,
> --
> Vimal
>
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Hello Vimal,

Refer
http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/networking/skbuff

Regards,
Rohan Puri
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