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yaml
---
r: 33089
b: refs/heads/master
c: 8af2745
h: refs/heads/master
i:
  33087: ba5d56b
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 52499afe40387524e9f46ef9ce4695efccdd2ed9
+refs/heads/master: 8af2745645243b5e5b031504a643bf2158571dc7

trunk/include/linux/skbuff.h

@@ -1104,6 +1104,28 @@ static inline struct sk_buff *dev_alloc_skb(unsigned int length)
 	return __dev_alloc_skb(length, GFP_ATOMIC);
 }
 
+extern struct sk_buff *__netdev_alloc_skb(struct net_device *dev,
+		unsigned int length, gfp_t gfp_mask);
+
+/**
+ *	netdev_alloc_skb - allocate an skbuff for rx on a specific device
+ *	@dev: network device to receive on
+ *	@length: length to allocate
+ *
+ *	Allocate a new &sk_buff and assign it a usage count of one. The
+ *	buffer has unspecified headroom built in. Users should allocate
+ *	the headroom they think they need without accounting for the
+ *	built in space. The built in space is used for optimisations.
+ *
+ *	%NULL is returned if there is no free memory. Although this function
+ *	allocates memory it can be called from an interrupt.
+ */
+static inline struct sk_buff *netdev_alloc_skb(struct net_device *dev,
+		unsigned int length)
+{
+	return __netdev_alloc_skb(dev, length, GFP_ATOMIC);
+}
+
 /**
  *	skb_cow - copy header of skb when it is required
  *	@skb: buffer to cow

trunk/net/core/skbuff.c

@@ -256,6 +256,29 @@ struct sk_buff *alloc_skb_from_cache(kmem_cache_t *cp,
 	goto out;
 }
 
+/**
+ *	__netdev_alloc_skb - allocate an skbuff for rx on a specific device
+ *	@dev: network device to receive on
+ *	@length: length to allocate
+ *	@gfp_mask: get_free_pages mask, passed to alloc_skb
+ *
+ *	Allocate a new &sk_buff and assign it a usage count of one. The
+ *	buffer has unspecified headroom built in. Users should allocate
+ *	the headroom they think they need without accounting for the
+ *	built in space. The built in space is used for optimisations.
+ *
+ *	%NULL is returned if there is no free memory.
+ */
+struct sk_buff *__netdev_alloc_skb(struct net_device *dev,
+		unsigned int length, gfp_t gfp_mask)
+{
+	struct sk_buff *skb;
+
+	skb = alloc_skb(length + NET_SKB_PAD, gfp_mask);
+	if (likely(skb))
+		skb_reserve(skb, NET_SKB_PAD);
+	return skb;
+}
 
 static void skb_drop_list(struct sk_buff **listp)
 {
@@ -2048,6 +2071,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__kfree_skb);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kfree_skb);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__pskb_pull_tail);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__alloc_skb);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__netdev_alloc_skb);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(pskb_copy);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(pskb_expand_head);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(skb_checksum);