Name
sk_alloc —
All socket objects are allocated here
Synopsis
struct sock * sk_alloc
(int family, gfp_t priority, struct proto * prot, int zero_it);
Arguments
- family
protocol family
- priority
for allocation (GFP_KERNEL, GFP_ATOMIC, etc)
- prot
struct proto associated with this new sock instance
- zero_it
if we should zero the newly allocated sock