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[v4,net-next,1/9] net: core: trivial netif_receive_skb_list() entry point

Message ID af2beaf2-b043-1ef5-b4e6-6ea4a15bcfd5@solarflare.com
State Accepted, archived
Delegated to: David Miller
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Series Handle multiple received packets at each stage | expand

Commit Message

Edward Cree July 2, 2018, 3:12 p.m. UTC 
Just calls netif_receive_skb() in a loop.

Signed-off-by: Edward Cree <ecree@solarflare.com>
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 include/linux/netdevice.h |  1 +
 net/core/dev.c            | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index c6b377a15869..e104b2e4a735 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -3365,6 +3365,7 @@  int netif_rx(struct sk_buff *skb);
 int netif_rx_ni(struct sk_buff *skb);
 int netif_receive_skb(struct sk_buff *skb);
 int netif_receive_skb_core(struct sk_buff *skb);
+void netif_receive_skb_list(struct list_head *head);
 gro_result_t napi_gro_receive(struct napi_struct *napi, struct sk_buff *skb);
 void napi_gro_flush(struct napi_struct *napi, bool flush_old);
 struct sk_buff *napi_get_frags(struct napi_struct *napi);
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index dffed642e686..110c8dfebc01 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -4792,6 +4792,25 @@  int netif_receive_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(netif_receive_skb);
 
+/**
+ *	netif_receive_skb_list - process many receive buffers from network
+ *	@head: list of skbs to process.
+ *
+ *	For now, just calls netif_receive_skb() in a loop, ignoring the
+ *	return value.
+ *
+ *	This function may only be called from softirq context and interrupts
+ *	should be enabled.
+ */
+void netif_receive_skb_list(struct list_head *head)
+{
+	struct sk_buff *skb, *next;
+
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(skb, next, head, list)
+		netif_receive_skb(skb);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(netif_receive_skb_list);
+
 DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct work_struct, flush_works);
 
 /* Network device is going away, flush any packets still pending */