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authorPekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>2011-09-19 17:46:07 +0300
committerPekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>2011-09-19 17:46:07 +0300
commitd20bbfab01802e195a50435940f7e4aa747c217c (patch)
tree82b0007e33c083050a4e60a49dbb2f5477b4c99d /net/core/skbuff.c
parenta37933c37c14b64e81c7c9cc44a5d3f5e0c91412 (diff)
parent136333d104bd3a62d783b0ac3d0f32ac0108c5d0 (diff)
Merge branch 'slab/urgent' into slab/next
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);