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[PATCHv3,1/6] skbuff: add an api to orphan frags

Message ID b39e1550258a76085f15ff99dae7f3e265598d8b.1342812067.git.mst@redhat.com
State Accepted, archived
Delegated to: David Miller
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Michael S. Tsirkin July 20, 2012, 7:23 p.m. UTC 
Many places do
       if ((skb_shinfo(skb)->tx_flags & SKBTX_DEV_ZEROCOPY))
		skb_copy_ubufs(skb, gfp_mask);
to copy and invoke frag destructors if necessary.
Add an inline helper for this.

Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
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 include/linux/skbuff.h | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 642cb73..d205c4b 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -1667,6 +1667,22 @@  static inline void skb_orphan(struct sk_buff *skb)
 }
 
 /**
+ *	skb_orphan_frags - orphan the frags contained in a buffer
+ *	@skb: buffer to orphan frags from
+ *	@gfp_mask: allocation mask for replacement pages
+ *
+ *	For each frag in the SKB which needs a destructor (i.e. has an
+ *	owner) create a copy of that frag and release the original
+ *	page by calling the destructor.
+ */
+static inline int skb_orphan_frags(struct sk_buff *skb, gfp_t gfp_mask)
+{
+	if (likely(!(skb_shinfo(skb)->tx_flags & SKBTX_DEV_ZEROCOPY)))
+		return 0;
+	return skb_copy_ubufs(skb, gfp_mask);
+}
+
+/**
  *	__skb_queue_purge - empty a list
  *	@list: list to empty
  *