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diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index b45cd1494243..84151cf40aeb 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -4931,3 +4931,31 @@ struct sk_buff *pskb_extract(struct sk_buff *skb, int off,
return clone;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(pskb_extract);
+
+/**
+ * skb_condense - try to get rid of fragments/frag_list if possible
+ * @skb: buffer
+ *
+ * Can be used to save memory before skb is added to a busy queue.
+ * If packet has bytes in frags and enough tail room in skb->head,
+ * pull all of them, so that we can free the frags right now and adjust
+ * truesize.
+ * Notes:
+ * We do not reallocate skb->head thus can not fail.
+ * Caller must re-evaluate skb->truesize if needed.
+ */
+void skb_condense(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+ if (!skb->data_len ||
+ skb->data_len > skb->end - skb->tail ||
+ skb_cloned(skb))
+ return;
+
+ /* Nice, we can free page frag(s) right now */
+ __pskb_pull_tail(skb, skb->data_len);
+
+ /* Now adjust skb->truesize, since __pskb_pull_tail() does
+ * not do this.
+ */
+ skb->truesize = SKB_TRUESIZE(skb_end_offset(skb));
+}