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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2011-08-08 10:20:26 +0400
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2011-08-08 10:20:26 +0400
commit19fd61785a580c60cba900c5171bfadb57dd5056 (patch)
tree1e491fb014be0dc03f4b6755bb94e73afd38c455 /net/core/skbuff.c
parent57569d0e12eaf31717e295960cd2a26f626c8e5b (diff)
parent8028837d71ba9904b17281b40f94b93e947fbe38 (diff)
downloadlinux-19fd61785a580c60cba900c5171bfadb57dd5056.tar.xz
Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net
Diffstat (limited to 'net/core/skbuff.c')
-rw-r--r--net/core/skbuff.c17
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 2beda824636e..27002dffe7ed 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -1369,8 +1369,21 @@ pull_pages:
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__pskb_pull_tail);
-/* Copy some data bits from skb to kernel buffer. */
-
+/**
+ * skb_copy_bits - copy bits from skb to kernel buffer
+ * @skb: source skb
+ * @offset: offset in source
+ * @to: destination buffer
+ * @len: number of bytes to copy
+ *
+ * Copy the specified number of bytes from the source skb to the
+ * destination buffer.
+ *
+ * CAUTION ! :
+ * If its prototype is ever changed,
+ * check arch/{*}/net/{*}.S files,
+ * since it is called from BPF assembly code.
+ */
int skb_copy_bits(const struct sk_buff *skb, int offset, void *to, int len)
{
int start = skb_headlen(skb);