netdev - Question: alloc_skb_from

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Message-ID: <5d96567b0902140949u277b4a3dmd7476f199654d0ad@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Sat, 14 Feb 2009 19:49:54 +0200
From:	Raz <raziebe@...il.com>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Question: alloc_skb_from_cache

hello
I am trying to understand how alloc_skb_from_cache worked ( when it
was part of the mainline ).
I am interested in this api be cause it is easier to find memory leaks
using slabs.
But , when releasing skb:

__kfree_skb()
    slb_release_data()
         kfree(skb->head)

skb->head points contains a private cache object pointer and it is
being released to a general purpose cache ?

thank you
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