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authorDaniel Borkmann <dborkman@redhat.com>2013-12-06 11:36:16 +0100
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2013-12-09 20:23:33 -0500
commit4262e5ccbbb5171abd2921eed16ed339633d6478 (patch)
tree20b11bfb690a4ab70c726f81a1f0826eb5a939f0 /include/linux/skbuff.h
parent34f9f437104b86f6ddfa2770e2cd852846385dc3 (diff)
net: dev: move inline skb_needs_linearize helper to header
As we need it elsewhere, move the inline helper function of skb_needs_linearize() over to skbuff.h include file. While at it, also convert the return to 'bool' instead of 'int' and add a proper kernel doc. Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/skbuff.h')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/skbuff.h18
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 215b5ea1cb30..77c7aae1c6b2 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -2392,6 +2392,24 @@ static inline void *skb_header_pointer(const struct sk_buff *skb, int offset,
return buffer;
}
+/**
+ * skb_needs_linearize - check if we need to linearize a given skb
+ * depending on the given device features.
+ * @skb: socket buffer to check
+ * @features: net device features
+ *
+ * Returns true if either:
+ * 1. skb has frag_list and the device doesn't support FRAGLIST, or
+ * 2. skb is fragmented and the device does not support SG.
+ */
+static inline bool skb_needs_linearize(struct sk_buff *skb,
+ netdev_features_t features)
+{
+ return skb_is_nonlinear(skb) &&
+ ((skb_has_frag_list(skb) && !(features & NETIF_F_FRAGLIST)) ||
+ (skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags && !(features & NETIF_F_SG)));
+}
+
static inline void skb_copy_from_linear_data(const struct sk_buff *skb,
void *to,
const unsigned int len)