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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/skbuff.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/skbuff.h | 24 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h index 6f0b2f7d0010..881fe80f01d0 100644 --- a/include/linux/skbuff.h +++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h @@ -147,8 +147,8 @@ struct skb_shared_info { /* We divide dataref into two halves. The higher 16 bits hold references * to the payload part of skb->data. The lower 16 bits hold references to - * the entire skb->data. It is up to the users of the skb to agree on - * where the payload starts. + * the entire skb->data. A clone of a headerless skb holds the length of + * the header in skb->hdr_len. * * All users must obey the rule that the skb->data reference count must be * greater than or equal to the payload reference count. @@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ typedef unsigned char *sk_buff_data_t; * @len: Length of actual data * @data_len: Data length * @mac_len: Length of link layer header + * @hdr_len: writable header length of cloned skb * @csum: Checksum (must include start/offset pair) * @csum_start: Offset from skb->head where checksumming should start * @csum_offset: Offset from csum_start where checksum should be stored @@ -260,8 +261,9 @@ struct sk_buff { char cb[48]; unsigned int len, - data_len, - mac_len; + data_len; + __u16 mac_len, + hdr_len; union { __wsum csum; struct { @@ -1322,6 +1324,20 @@ static inline struct sk_buff *netdev_alloc_skb(struct net_device *dev, } /** + * skb_clone_writable - is the header of a clone writable + * @skb: buffer to check + * @len: length up to which to write + * + * Returns true if modifying the header part of the cloned buffer + * does not requires the data to be copied. + */ +static inline int skb_clone_writable(struct sk_buff *skb, int len) +{ + return !skb_header_cloned(skb) && + skb_headroom(skb) + len <= skb->hdr_len; +} + +/** * skb_cow - copy header of skb when it is required * @skb: buffer to cow * @headroom: needed headroom |