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