From d1a203eac0ec13cd1c0ba610fe7a55c9bc40473b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stephen Hemminger Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2008 21:01:09 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] net: add documentation for skb recycling Commit 04a4bb55bcf35b63d40fd2725e58599ff8310dd7 ("net: add skb_recycle_check() to enable netdriver skb recycling") added a method for network drivers to recycle skbuffs, but while use of this mechanism was documented in the commit message, it should really have been added as a docbook comment as well -- this patch does that. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger Signed-off-by: Lennert Buytenhek Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/core/skbuff.c | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c index 4e22e3a3535..ebb6b94f8af 100644 --- a/net/core/skbuff.c +++ b/net/core/skbuff.c @@ -449,6 +449,18 @@ void kfree_skb(struct sk_buff *skb) __kfree_skb(skb); } +/** + * skb_recycle_check - check if skb can be reused for receive + * @skb: buffer + * @skb_size: minimum receive buffer size + * + * Checks that the skb passed in is not shared or cloned, and + * that it is linear and its head portion at least as large as + * skb_size so that it can be recycled as a receive buffer. + * If these conditions are met, this function does any necessary + * reference count dropping and cleans up the skbuff as if it + * just came from __alloc_skb(). + */ int skb_recycle_check(struct sk_buff *skb, int skb_size) { struct skb_shared_info *shinfo; -- 2.41.1