Name

sk_alloc — All socket objects are allocated here

Synopsis

struct sock * sk_alloc (struct net *  net,
 int  family,
 gfp_t  priority,
 struct proto *  prot);

Arguments

net

the applicable net namespace

family

protocol family

priority

for allocation (GFP_KERNEL, GFP_ATOMIC, etc)

prot

struct proto associated with this new sock instance