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-rw-r--r--include/linux/skbuff.h9
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 0cd92b0f2af5..332e76756f54 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -645,8 +645,15 @@ struct sk_buff {
struct rb_node rbnode; /* used in netem & tcp stack */
};
struct sock *sk;
- struct net_device *dev;
+ union {
+ struct net_device *dev;
+ /* Some protocols might use this space to store information,
+ * while device pointer would be NULL.
+ * UDP receive path is one user.
+ */
+ unsigned long dev_scratch;
+ };
/*
* This is the control buffer. It is free to use for every
* layer. Please put your private variables there. If you