From 04a4bb55bcf35b63d40fd2725e58599ff8310dd7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lennert Buytenhek Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 02:33:12 -0700 Subject: net: add skb_recycle_check() to enable netdriver skb recycling This patch adds skb_recycle_check(), which can be used by a network driver after transmitting an skb to check whether this skb can be recycled as a receive buffer. skb_recycle_check() checks that the skb is not shared or cloned, and that it is linear and its head portion large enough (as determined by the driver) to be recycled as a receive buffer. If these conditions are met, it does any necessary reference count dropping and cleans up the skbuff as if it just came from __alloc_skb(). Signed-off-by: Lennert Buytenhek Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- include/linux/skbuff.h | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) (limited to 'include/linux/skbuff.h') diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h index a19ea43fea0..720b688c22b 100644 --- a/include/linux/skbuff.h +++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h @@ -383,6 +383,8 @@ static inline struct sk_buff *alloc_skb_fclone(unsigned int size, return __alloc_skb(size, priority, 1, -1); } +extern int skb_recycle_check(struct sk_buff *skb, int skb_size); + extern struct sk_buff *skb_morph(struct sk_buff *dst, struct sk_buff *src); extern struct sk_buff *skb_clone(struct sk_buff *skb, gfp_t priority); -- cgit v1.2.3