1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index cf489b6329e8..0daf5c0e5b8d 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -263,6 +263,24 @@ struct sk_buff *__netdev_alloc_skb(struct net_device *dev,
 	return skb;
 }
 
+/**
+ *	dev_alloc_skb - allocate an skbuff for receiving
+ *	@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.
+ */
+struct sk_buff *dev_alloc_skb(unsigned int length)
+{
+	return __dev_alloc_skb(length, GFP_ATOMIC);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_alloc_skb);
+
 static void skb_drop_list(struct sk_buff **listp)
 {
 	struct sk_buff *list = *listp;