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authorHerbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>2008-12-16 10:42:33 +0300
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2008-12-16 10:42:33 +0300
commit71d93b39e52e92aea35f1058d957cf12250d0b75 (patch)
tree270e3fe674d15467454504a99af2146c0324e08b /include/linux/skbuff.h
parent73cc19f1556b95976934de236fd9043f7208844f (diff)
downloadlinux-71d93b39e52e92aea35f1058d957cf12250d0b75.tar.xz
net: Add skb_gro_receive
This patch adds the helper skb_gro_receive to merge packets for GRO. The current method is to allocate a new header skb and then chain the original packets to its frag_list. This is done to make it easier to integrate into the existing GSO framework. In future as GSO is moved into the drivers, we can undo this and simply chain the original packets together. Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index acf17af45af9..cf2cb50f77d1 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -1687,6 +1687,8 @@ extern int skb_shift(struct sk_buff *tgt, struct sk_buff *skb,
int shiftlen);
extern struct sk_buff *skb_segment(struct sk_buff *skb, int features);
+extern int skb_gro_receive(struct sk_buff **head,
+ struct sk_buff *skb);
static inline void *skb_header_pointer(const struct sk_buff *skb, int offset,
int len, void *buffer)