1 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 4a712a00243a..b50a5e3ac4e4 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -914,6 +914,31 @@ static struct sk_buff *__skb_clone(struct sk_buff *n, struct sk_buff *skb)
 }
 
 /**
+ * alloc_skb_for_msg() - allocate sk_buff to wrap frag list forming a msg
+ * @first: first sk_buff of the msg
+ */
+struct sk_buff *alloc_skb_for_msg(struct sk_buff *first)
+{
+	struct sk_buff *n;
+
+	n = alloc_skb(0, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	if (!n)
+		return NULL;
+
+	n->len = first->len;
+	n->data_len = first->len;
+	n->truesize = first->truesize;
+
+	skb_shinfo(n)->frag_list = first;
+
+	__copy_skb_header(n, first);
+	n->destructor = NULL;
+
+	return n;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(alloc_skb_for_msg);
+
+/**
  *	skb_morph	-	morph one skb into another
  *	@dst: the skb to receive the contents
  *	@src: the skb to supply the contents