consume_skb (9) Linux Manual Page
consume_skb – free an skbuff
Synopsis
void consume_skb(struct sk_buff *skb);Arguments
skb
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- buffer to free
Description
Drop a ref to the buffer and free it if the usage count has hit zero Functions identically to kfree_skb, but kfree_skb assumes that the frame is being dropped after a failure and notes that