1<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968"><title>skb_padto</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.78.1"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="Linux Networking and Network Devices APIs"><link rel="up" href="ch01s02.html" title="Socket Buffer Functions"><link rel="prev" href="API-skb-cow-head.html" title="skb_cow_head"><link rel="next" href="API-skb-put-padto.html" title="skb_put_padto"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center"><span class="phrase">skb_padto</span></th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="API-skb-cow-head.html">Prev</a>&#160;</td><th width="60%" align="center">Socket Buffer Functions</th><td width="20%" align="right">&#160;<a accesskey="n" href="API-skb-put-padto.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="refentry"><a name="API-skb-padto"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>skb_padto &#8212; 
2     pad an skbuff up to a minimal size
3 </p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="funcsynopsis"><table border="0" class="funcprototype-table" summary="Function synopsis" style="cellspacing: 0; cellpadding: 0;"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">int <b class="fsfunc">skb_padto </b>(</code></td><td>struct sk_buff * <var class="pdparam">skb</var>, </td></tr><tr><td>&#160;</td><td>unsigned int <var class="pdparam">len</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer">&#160;</div></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idp1095691940"></a><h2>Arguments</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>skb</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
4     buffer to pad
5    </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>len</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
6     minimal length
7    </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idp1095694420"></a><h2>Description</h2><p>
8   Pads up a buffer to ensure the trailing bytes exist and are
9   blanked. If the buffer already contains sufficient data it
10   is untouched. Otherwise it is extended. Returns zero on
11   success. The skb is freed on error.
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