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diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 01abf1e..2960c8b 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -1795,6 +1795,27 @@ int skb_append_datato_frags(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
return 0;
}
+/**
+ * skb_pull_rcsum - pull skb and update receive checksum
+ * @skb: buffer to update
+ * @start: start of data before pull
+ * @len: length of data pulled
+ *
+ * This function performs an skb_pull on the packet and updates
+ * update the CHECKSUM_HW checksum. It should be used on receive
+ * path processing instead of skb_pull unless you know that the
+ * checksum difference is zero (e.g., a valid IP header) or you
+ * are setting ip_summed to CHECKSUM_NONE.
+ */
+unsigned char *skb_pull_rcsum(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int len)
+{
+ BUG_ON(len > skb->len);
+ skb->len -= len;
+ BUG_ON(skb->len < skb->data_len);
+ skb_postpull_rcsum(skb, skb->data, len);
+ return skb->data += len;
+}
+
void __init skb_init(void)
{
skbuff_head_cache = kmem_cache_create("skbuff_head_cache",
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