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authorAlexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@redhat.com>2014-12-03 08:17:33 -0800
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2014-12-08 20:47:41 -0500
commit9c0c112422a2a6b06fcddcaf21957676490cebba (patch)
treee76b631781ae57c158b29ff85077847998693c1e /include/linux/skbuff.h
parent177211b993ec6d7a6f8f3b3595f647c378440c4e (diff)
net: Add functions for handling padding frame and adding to length
This patch adds two new helper functions skb_put_padto and eth_skb_pad. These functions deviate from the standard skb_pad or skb_padto in that they will also update the length and tail pointers so that they reflect the padding added to the frame. The eth_skb_pad helper is meant to be used with Ethernet devices to update either Rx or Tx frames so that they report the correct size. The skb_put_padto helper is meant to be used primarily in the transmit path for network devices that need frames to be padded up to some minimum size and don't wish to simply update the length somewhere external to the frame. The motivation behind this is that there are a number of implementations throughout the network device drivers that are all doing the same thing, but each a little bit differently and as a result several implementations contain bugs such as updating the length without updating the tail offset and other similar issues. Signed-off-by: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/skbuff.h')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/skbuff.h24
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 7691ad5b4771..d1e2575000b9 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -2461,7 +2461,6 @@ static inline int skb_cow_head(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int headroom)
* is untouched. Otherwise it is extended. Returns zero on
* success. The skb is freed on error.
*/
-
static inline int skb_padto(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int len)
{
unsigned int size = skb->len;
@@ -2470,6 +2469,29 @@ static inline int skb_padto(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int len)
return skb_pad(skb, len - size);
}
+/**
+ * skb_put_padto - increase size and pad an skbuff up to a minimal size
+ * @skb: buffer to pad
+ * @len: minimal length
+ *
+ * Pads up a buffer to ensure the trailing bytes exist and are
+ * blanked. If the buffer already contains sufficient data it
+ * is untouched. Otherwise it is extended. Returns zero on
+ * success. The skb is freed on error.
+ */
+static inline int skb_put_padto(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int len)
+{
+ unsigned int size = skb->len;
+
+ if (unlikely(size < len)) {
+ len -= size;
+ if (skb_pad(skb, len))
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ __skb_put(skb, len);
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+
static inline int skb_add_data(struct sk_buff *skb,
char __user *from, int copy)
{