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| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/skbuff.h | 22 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | net/core/skbuff.c | 24 |
2 files changed, 46 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h index 4307e76..b91fbfb 100644 --- a/include/linux/skbuff.h +++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h @@ -1104,6 +1104,28 @@ static inline struct sk_buff *dev_alloc_skb(unsigned int length) return __dev_alloc_skb(length, GFP_ATOMIC); } +extern struct sk_buff *__netdev_alloc_skb(struct net_device *dev, + unsigned int length, gfp_t gfp_mask); + +/** + * netdev_alloc_skb - allocate an skbuff for rx on a specific device + * @dev: network device to receive on + * @length: length to allocate + * + * Allocate a new &sk_buff and assign it a usage count of one. The + * buffer has unspecified headroom built in. Users should allocate + * the headroom they think they need without accounting for the + * built in space. The built in space is used for optimisations. + * + * %NULL is returned if there is no free memory. Although this function + * allocates memory it can be called from an interrupt. + */ +static inline struct sk_buff *netdev_alloc_skb(struct net_device *dev, + unsigned int length) +{ + return __netdev_alloc_skb(dev, length, GFP_ATOMIC); +} + /** * skb_cow - copy header of skb when it is required * @skb: buffer to cow diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c index d236f02..71487b9 100644 --- a/net/core/skbuff.c +++ b/net/core/skbuff.c @@ -256,6 +256,29 @@ nodata: goto out; } +/** + * __netdev_alloc_skb - allocate an skbuff for rx on a specific device + * @dev: network device to receive on + * @length: length to allocate + * @gfp_mask: get_free_pages mask, passed to alloc_skb + * + * Allocate a new &sk_buff and assign it a usage count of one. The + * buffer has unspecified headroom built in. Users should allocate + * the headroom they think they need without accounting for the + * built in space. The built in space is used for optimisations. + * + * %NULL is returned if there is no free memory. + */ +struct sk_buff *__netdev_alloc_skb(struct net_device *dev, + unsigned int length, gfp_t gfp_mask) +{ + struct sk_buff *skb; + + skb = alloc_skb(length + NET_SKB_PAD, gfp_mask); + if (likely(skb)) + skb_reserve(skb, NET_SKB_PAD); + return skb; +} static void skb_drop_list(struct sk_buff **listp) { @@ -2048,6 +2071,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__kfree_skb); EXPORT_SYMBOL(kfree_skb); EXPORT_SYMBOL(__pskb_pull_tail); EXPORT_SYMBOL(__alloc_skb); +EXPORT_SYMBOL(__netdev_alloc_skb); EXPORT_SYMBOL(pskb_copy); EXPORT_SYMBOL(pskb_expand_head); EXPORT_SYMBOL(skb_checksum); |
