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| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/skbuff.h | 17 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | net/core/skbuff.c | 18 |
2 files changed, 19 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h index 6d6cde7b243..01a11b0c029 100644 --- a/include/linux/skbuff.h +++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h @@ -1272,22 +1272,7 @@ static inline struct sk_buff *__dev_alloc_skb(unsigned int length, return skb; } -/** - * dev_alloc_skb - allocate an skbuff for receiving - * @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 *dev_alloc_skb(unsigned int length) -{ - return __dev_alloc_skb(length, GFP_ATOMIC); -} +extern struct sk_buff *dev_alloc_skb(unsigned int length); extern struct sk_buff *__netdev_alloc_skb(struct net_device *dev, unsigned int length, gfp_t gfp_mask); diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c index cf489b6329e..0daf5c0e5b8 100644 --- a/net/core/skbuff.c +++ b/net/core/skbuff.c @@ -263,6 +263,24 @@ struct sk_buff *__netdev_alloc_skb(struct net_device *dev, return skb; } +/** + * dev_alloc_skb - allocate an skbuff for receiving + * @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. + */ +struct sk_buff *dev_alloc_skb(unsigned int length) +{ + return __dev_alloc_skb(length, GFP_ATOMIC); +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_alloc_skb); + static void skb_drop_list(struct sk_buff **listp) { struct sk_buff *list = *listp; |