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Diffstat (limited to 'net/core/skbuff.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/core/skbuff.c | 13 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c index a18dfb02d944..c9da77a95e2d 100644 --- a/net/core/skbuff.c +++ b/net/core/skbuff.c @@ -3511,6 +3511,19 @@ struct sk_buff *sock_dequeue_err_skb(struct sock *sk) } EXPORT_SYMBOL(sock_dequeue_err_skb); +/** + * skb_clone_sk - create clone of skb, and take reference to socket + * @skb: the skb to clone + * + * This function creates a clone of a buffer that holds a reference on + * sk_refcnt. Buffers created via this function are meant to be + * returned using sock_queue_err_skb, or free via kfree_skb. + * + * When passing buffers allocated with this function to sock_queue_err_skb + * it is necessary to wrap the call with sock_hold/sock_put in order to + * prevent the socket from being released prior to being enqueued on + * the sk_error_queue. + */ struct sk_buff *skb_clone_sk(struct sk_buff *skb) { struct sock *sk = skb->sk; |