sk_alloc (9) Linux Manual Page
sk_alloc – All socket objects are allocated here
Synopsis
struct sock *sk_alloc(struct net *net, int family, gfp_t priority, struct proto *prot, int kern);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
kern
- is this to be a kernel socket?