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