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Diffstat (limited to 'net')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/core/skbuff.c | 26 |
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c index 5976ef0846bd..f28c37996aad 100644 --- a/net/core/skbuff.c +++ b/net/core/skbuff.c @@ -3281,6 +3281,32 @@ __skb_to_sgvec(struct sk_buff *skb, struct scatterlist *sg, int offset, int len) return elt; } +/* As compared with skb_to_sgvec, skb_to_sgvec_nomark only map skb to given + * sglist without mark the sg which contain last skb data as the end. + * So the caller can mannipulate sg list as will when padding new data after + * the first call without calling sg_unmark_end to expend sg list. + * + * Scenario to use skb_to_sgvec_nomark: + * 1. sg_init_table + * 2. skb_to_sgvec_nomark(payload1) + * 3. skb_to_sgvec_nomark(payload2) + * + * This is equivalent to: + * 1. sg_init_table + * 2. skb_to_sgvec(payload1) + * 3. sg_unmark_end + * 4. skb_to_sgvec(payload2) + * + * When mapping mutilple payload conditionally, skb_to_sgvec_nomark + * is more preferable. + */ +int skb_to_sgvec_nomark(struct sk_buff *skb, struct scatterlist *sg, + int offset, int len) +{ + return __skb_to_sgvec(skb, sg, offset, len); +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(skb_to_sgvec_nomark); + int skb_to_sgvec(struct sk_buff *skb, struct scatterlist *sg, int offset, int len) { int nsg = __skb_to_sgvec(skb, sg, offset, len); |