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diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 2144952..01abf1e 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -356,6 +356,24 @@ void __kfree_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
}
/**
+ * kfree_skb - free an sk_buff
+ * @skb: buffer to free
+ *
+ * Drop a reference to the buffer and free it if the usage count has
+ * hit zero.
+ */
+void kfree_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+ if (unlikely(!skb))
+ return;
+ if (likely(atomic_read(&skb->users) == 1))
+ smp_rmb();
+ else if (likely(!atomic_dec_and_test(&skb->users)))
+ return;
+ __kfree_skb(skb);
+}
+
+/**
* skb_clone - duplicate an sk_buff
* @skb: buffer to clone
* @gfp_mask: allocation priority
@@ -1799,6 +1817,7 @@ void __init skb_init(void)
EXPORT_SYMBOL(___pskb_trim);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__kfree_skb);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(kfree_skb);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__pskb_pull_tail);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__alloc_skb);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(pskb_copy);
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