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Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] skbuff: Added new helper function
 skb_cow_clone_head.
From: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>
To: Dave Wiltshire <david.wiltshire@gmx.com>
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Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:53:11 +0100
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On Wed, 2013-06-12 at 22:40 +1000, Dave Wiltshire wrote:
> In a few different drivers there is a check of (skb_cloned &&
> !skb_clone_writable) before then using pskb_expand_head to copy the skb
> if that is required. There are already some skb_cow_* functions for
> other conditions, so added this one and changed the call sites.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dave Wiltshire <david.wiltshire@gmx.com>
> ---
>  include/linux/skbuff.h    |   14 ++++++++++++++
>  net/core/dev.c            |    8 ++------
>  net/openvswitch/actions.c |   22 +++++++---------------
>  net/sched/act_csum.c      |    8 ++------
>  net/sched/act_nat.c       |   18 +++++-------------
>  5 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
> index a7393ad..7d18541 100644
> --- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
> +++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
> @@ -2154,6 +2154,20 @@ static inline int skb_cow_head(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int headroom)
>  }
>  
>  /**
> + * skb_cow_clone_head

This is a missing a short description after the name.

Ben.

> + * @skb: buffer to cow
> + * @len: length up to which to write
> + *
> + * This function is identical to skb_cow and sb_cow_head except that we
> + * replace the skb_cloned check by skb_cloned && !skb_clone_writable.
> + *
> + */
> +static inline int skb_cow_clone_head(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int len)
> +{
> +	return __skb_cow(skb, 0, skb_cloned(skb) && !skb_clone_writable(skb, len));
> +}
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