[PATCH v15 01/17] Add a new structure for skb buffer from external.

From: xiaohui . xin
Date: Tue Nov 09 2010 - 03:46:11 EST


From: Xin Xiaohui <xiaohui.xin@xxxxxxxxx>

Signed-off-by: Xin Xiaohui <xiaohui.xin@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Zhao Yu <yzhao81new@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/skbuff.h | 9 +++++++++
1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 77eb60d..696e690 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -211,6 +211,15 @@ struct skb_shared_info {
skb_frag_t frags[MAX_SKB_FRAGS];
};

+/* The structure is for a skb which pages may point to
+ * an external buffer, which is not allocated from kernel space.
+ * It also contains a destructor for itself.
+ */
+struct skb_ext_page {
+ struct page *page;
+ void (*dtor)(struct skb_ext_page *);
+};
+
/* We divide dataref into two halves. The higher 16 bits hold references
* to the payload part of skb->data. The lower 16 bits hold references to
* the entire skb->data. A clone of a headerless skb holds the length of
--
1.7.3

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