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Diffstat (limited to 'net/tipc/msg.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/tipc/msg.c | 23 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/tipc/msg.c b/net/tipc/msg.c index a687b30..35523fb 100644 --- a/net/tipc/msg.c +++ b/net/tipc/msg.c @@ -46,6 +46,29 @@ static unsigned int align(unsigned int i) return (i + 3) & ~3u; } +/** + * tipc_buf_acquire - creates a TIPC message buffer + * @size: message size (including TIPC header) + * + * Returns a new buffer with data pointers set to the specified size. + * + * NOTE: Headroom is reserved to allow prepending of a data link header. + * There may also be unrequested tailroom present at the buffer's end. + */ +struct sk_buff *tipc_buf_acquire(u32 size) +{ + struct sk_buff *skb; + unsigned int buf_size = (BUF_HEADROOM + size + 3) & ~3u; + + skb = alloc_skb_fclone(buf_size, GFP_ATOMIC); + if (skb) { + skb_reserve(skb, BUF_HEADROOM); + skb_put(skb, size); + skb->next = NULL; + } + return skb; +} + void tipc_msg_init(struct tipc_msg *m, u32 user, u32 type, u32 hsize, u32 destnode) { |