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authorMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>2011-09-17 10:29:49 -0300
committerMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>2011-09-17 10:29:49 -0300
commit7577911244c437f4a4abac5e4b67b059c06dbe9d (patch)
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Merge tag 'v3.1-rc6' into staging/for_v3.2
* tag 'v3.1-rc6': (1902 commits) Linux 3.1-rc6 ioctl: register LTTng ioctl fuse: fix memory leak fuse: fix flock breakage Btrfs: add dummy extent if dst offset excceeds file end in Btrfs: calc file extent num_bytes correctly in file clone btrfs: xattr: fix attribute removal Btrfs: fix wrong nbytes information of the inode Btrfs: fix the file extent gap when doing direct IO Btrfs: fix unclosed transaction handle in btrfs_cont_expand Btrfs: fix misuse of trans block rsv Btrfs: reset to appropriate block rsv after orphan operations Btrfs: skip locking if searching the commit root in csum lookup btrfs: fix warning in iput for bad-inode Btrfs: fix an oops when deleting snapshots [media] vp7045: fix buffer setup [media] nuvoton-cir: simplify raw IR sample handling [media] [Resend] viacam: Don't explode if pci_find_bus() returns NULL [media] v4l2: Fix documentation of the codec device controls [media] gspca - sonixj: Fix the darkness of sensor om6802 in 320x240 ...
Diffstat (limited to 'net/core/skbuff.c')
-rw-r--r--net/core/skbuff.c17
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 2beda824636e..27002dffe7ed 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -1369,8 +1369,21 @@ pull_pages:
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__pskb_pull_tail);
-/* Copy some data bits from skb to kernel buffer. */
-
+/**
+ * skb_copy_bits - copy bits from skb to kernel buffer
+ * @skb: source skb
+ * @offset: offset in source
+ * @to: destination buffer
+ * @len: number of bytes to copy
+ *
+ * Copy the specified number of bytes from the source skb to the
+ * destination buffer.
+ *
+ * CAUTION ! :
+ * If its prototype is ever changed,
+ * check arch/{*}/net/{*}.S files,
+ * since it is called from BPF assembly code.
+ */
int skb_copy_bits(const struct sk_buff *skb, int offset, void *to, int len)
{
int start = skb_headlen(skb);