16 files changed, 178 insertions, 70 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/b44.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/b44.c
index ffeaf476a120..d86d6baf9681 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/b44.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/b44.c
@@ -836,7 +836,7 @@ static int b44_rx(struct b44 *bp, int budget)
                         struct sk_buff *copy_skb;
 
                         b44_recycle_rx(bp, cons, bp->rx_prod);
-                        copy_skb = netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(bp->dev, len);
+                        copy_skb = napi_alloc_skb(&bp->napi, len);
                         if (copy_skb == NULL)
                                 goto drop_it_no_recycle;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bcm63xx_enet.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bcm63xx_enet.c
index 3e8d1a88ed3d..21206d33b638 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bcm63xx_enet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bcm63xx_enet.c
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ static int bcm_enet_receive_queue(struct net_device *dev, int budget)
                 if (len < copybreak) {
                         struct sk_buff *nskb;
 
-                        nskb = netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(dev, len);
+                        nskb = napi_alloc_skb(&priv->napi, len);
                         if (!nskb) {
                                 /* forget packet, just rearm desc */
                                 dev->stats.rx_dropped++;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.c
index b4d71fd909ee..1d1147c93d59 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.c
@@ -1015,7 +1015,7 @@ static int bnx2x_rx_int(struct bnx2x_fastpath *fp, int budget)
                  */
                 if ((bp->dev->mtu > ETH_MAX_PACKET_SIZE) &&
                     (len <= RX_COPY_THRESH)) {
-                        skb = netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(bp->dev, len);
+                        skb = napi_alloc_skb(&fp->napi, len);
                         if (skb == NULL) {
                                 DP(NETIF_MSG_RX_ERR | NETIF_MSG_RX_STATUS,
                                    "ERROR  packet dropped because of alloc failure\n");
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb/sge.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb/sge.c
index 86222a1bdb12..babe2a915b00 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb/sge.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb/sge.c
@@ -1025,7 +1025,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(copybreak, "Receive copy threshold");
 
 /**
  *      get_packet - return the next ingress packet buffer
- *      @pdev: the PCI device that received the packet
+ *      @adapter: the adapter that received the packet
  *      @fl: the SGE free list holding the packet
  *      @len: the actual packet length, excluding any SGE padding
  *
@@ -1037,14 +1037,15 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(copybreak, "Receive copy threshold");
  *      threshold and the packet is too big to copy, or (b) the packet should
  *      be copied but there is no memory for the copy.
  */
-static inline struct sk_buff *get_packet(struct pci_dev *pdev,
+static inline struct sk_buff *get_packet(struct adapter *adapter,
                                          struct freelQ *fl, unsigned int len)
 {
-        struct sk_buff *skb;
         const struct freelQ_ce *ce = &fl->centries[fl->cidx];
+        struct pci_dev *pdev = adapter->pdev;
+        struct sk_buff *skb;
 
         if (len < copybreak) {
-                skb = netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(NULL, len);
+                skb = napi_alloc_skb(&adapter->napi, len);
                 if (!skb)
                         goto use_orig_buf;
 
@@ -1357,7 +1358,7 @@ static void sge_rx(struct sge *sge, struct freelQ *fl, unsigned int len)
         struct sge_port_stats *st;
         struct net_device *dev;
 
-        skb = get_packet(adapter->pdev, fl, len - sge->rx_pkt_pad);
+        skb = get_packet(adapter, fl, len - sge->rx_pkt_pad);
         if (unlikely(!skb)) {
                 sge->stats.rx_drops++;
                 return;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c
index 862d1989ae1c..83140cbb5f01 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c
@@ -4100,7 +4100,7 @@ static bool e1000_tbi_should_accept(struct e1000_adapter *adapter,
 static struct sk_buff *e1000_alloc_rx_skb(struct e1000_adapter *adapter,
                                           unsigned int bufsz)
 {
-        struct sk_buff *skb = netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(adapter->netdev, bufsz);
+        struct sk_buff *skb = napi_alloc_skb(&adapter->napi, bufsz);
 
         if (unlikely(!skb))
                 adapter->alloc_rx_buff_failed++;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
index 88936aa0029d..5c82c8065501 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
@@ -1016,7 +1016,7 @@ static bool e1000_clean_rx_irq(struct e1000_ring *rx_ring, int *work_done,
                  */
                 if (length < copybreak) {
                         struct sk_buff *new_skb =
-                            netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(netdev, length);
+                                napi_alloc_skb(&adapter->napi, length);
                         if (new_skb) {
                                 skb_copy_to_linear_data_offset(new_skb,
                                                                -NET_IP_ALIGN,
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_main.c
index 91516aed373e..ee1ecb146df7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_main.c
@@ -308,8 +308,8 @@ static struct sk_buff *fm10k_fetch_rx_buffer(struct fm10k_ring *rx_ring,
 #endif
 
                 /* allocate a skb to store the frags */
-                skb = netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(rx_ring->netdev,
-                                                FM10K_RX_HDR_LEN);
+                skb = napi_alloc_skb(&rx_ring->q_vector->napi,
+                                     FM10K_RX_HDR_LEN);
                 if (unlikely(!skb)) {
                         rx_ring->rx_stats.alloc_failed++;
                         return NULL;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
index f04ad13f7159..485d2c609d5d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
@@ -6644,8 +6644,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *igb_fetch_rx_buffer(struct igb_ring *rx_ring,
 #endif
 
                 /* allocate a skb to store the frags */
-                skb = netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(rx_ring->netdev,
-                                                IGB_RX_HDR_LEN);
+                skb = napi_alloc_skb(&rx_ring->q_vector->napi, IGB_RX_HDR_LEN);
                 if (unlikely(!skb)) {
                         rx_ring->rx_stats.alloc_failed++;
                         return NULL;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgb/ixgb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgb/ixgb_main.c
index 055961b0f24b..aa87605b144a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgb/ixgb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgb/ixgb_main.c
@@ -1963,7 +1963,7 @@ ixgb_rx_checksum(struct ixgb_adapter *adapter,
  * this should improve performance for small packets with large amounts
  * of reassembly being done in the stack
  */
-static void ixgb_check_copybreak(struct net_device *netdev,
+static void ixgb_check_copybreak(struct napi_struct *napi,
                                  struct ixgb_buffer *buffer_info,
                                  u32 length, struct sk_buff **skb)
 {
@@ -1972,7 +1972,7 @@ static void ixgb_check_copybreak(struct net_device *netdev,
         if (length > copybreak)
                 return;
 
-        new_skb = netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(netdev, length);
+        new_skb = napi_alloc_skb(napi, length);
         if (!new_skb)
                 return;
 
@@ -2064,7 +2064,7 @@ ixgb_clean_rx_irq(struct ixgb_adapter *adapter, int *work_done, int work_to_do)
                         goto rxdesc_done;
                 }
 
-                ixgb_check_copybreak(netdev, buffer_info, length, &skb);
+                ixgb_check_copybreak(&adapter->napi, buffer_info, length, &skb);
 
                 /* Good Receive */
                 skb_put(skb, length);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index fbd52924ee34..798b05556e1b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -1913,8 +1913,8 @@ static struct sk_buff *ixgbe_fetch_rx_buffer(struct ixgbe_ring *rx_ring,
 #endif
 
                 /* allocate a skb to store the frags */
-                skb = netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(rx_ring->netdev,
-                                                IXGBE_RX_HDR_SIZE);
+                skb = napi_alloc_skb(&rx_ring->q_vector->napi,
+                                     IXGBE_RX_HDR_SIZE);
                 if (unlikely(!skb)) {
                         rx_ring->rx_stats.alloc_rx_buff_failed++;
                         return NULL;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/8139cp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/8139cp.c
index 75b1693ec8bf..9c31e46d1eee 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/8139cp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/8139cp.c
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ rx_status_loop:
                 netif_dbg(cp, rx_status, dev, "rx slot %d status 0x%x len %d\n",
                           rx_tail, status, len);
 
-                new_skb = netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(dev, buflen);
+                new_skb = napi_alloc_skb(napi, buflen);
                 if (!new_skb) {
                         dev->stats.rx_dropped++;
                         goto rx_next;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/8139too.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/8139too.c
index 63dc0f95d050..6d0b9dfac313 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/8139too.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/8139too.c
@@ -2037,7 +2037,7 @@ keep_pkt:
                 /* Malloc up new buffer, compatible with net-2e. */
                 /* Omit the four octet CRC from the length. */
 
-                skb = netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(dev, pkt_size);
+                skb = napi_alloc_skb(&tp->napi, pkt_size);
                 if (likely(skb)) {
 #if RX_BUF_IDX == 3
                         wrap_copy(skb, rx_ring, ring_offset+4, pkt_size);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
index b9c2f33b463d..3dad7e884952 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
@@ -7260,7 +7260,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *rtl8169_try_rx_copy(void *data,
         data = rtl8169_align(data);
         dma_sync_single_for_cpu(d, addr, pkt_size, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
         prefetch(data);
-        skb = netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(tp->dev, pkt_size);
+        skb = napi_alloc_skb(&tp->napi, pkt_size);
         if (skb)
                 memcpy(skb->data, data, pkt_size);
         dma_sync_single_for_device(d, addr, pkt_size, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index ab0bc43c82a4..85ab7d72b54c 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ struct net_device;
 struct scatterlist;
 struct pipe_inode_info;
 struct iov_iter;
+struct napi_struct;
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK) || defined(CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_MODULE)
 struct nf_conntrack {
@@ -673,6 +674,7 @@ struct sk_buff {
 
 #define SKB_ALLOC_FCLONE        0x01
 #define SKB_ALLOC_RX            0x02
+#define SKB_ALLOC_NAPI          0x04
 
 /* Returns true if the skb was allocated from PFMEMALLOC reserves */
 static inline bool skb_pfmemalloc(const struct sk_buff *skb)
@@ -2164,6 +2166,15 @@ static inline struct sk_buff *netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(struct net_device *dev,
         return __netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(dev, length, GFP_ATOMIC);
 }
 
+void *napi_alloc_frag(unsigned int fragsz);
+struct sk_buff *__napi_alloc_skb(struct napi_struct *napi,
+                                 unsigned int length, gfp_t gfp_mask);
+static inline struct sk_buff *napi_alloc_skb(struct napi_struct *napi,
+                                             unsigned int length)
+{
+        return __napi_alloc_skb(napi, length, GFP_ATOMIC);
+}
+
 /**
  * __dev_alloc_pages - allocate page for network Rx
  * @gfp_mask: allocation priority. Set __GFP_NOMEMALLOC if not for network Rx
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 3f191da383f6..80f798da3d9f 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -4172,7 +4172,7 @@ struct sk_buff *napi_get_frags(struct napi_struct *napi)
         struct sk_buff *skb = napi->skb;
 
         if (!skb) {
-                skb = netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(napi->dev, GRO_MAX_HEAD);
+                skb = napi_alloc_skb(napi, GRO_MAX_HEAD);
                 napi->skb = skb;
         }
         return skb;
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 7a338fb55cc4..ae13ef6b3ea7 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -336,59 +336,85 @@ struct netdev_alloc_cache {
         unsigned int            pagecnt_bias;
 };
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct netdev_alloc_cache, netdev_alloc_cache);
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct netdev_alloc_cache, napi_alloc_cache);
 
-static void *__netdev_alloc_frag(unsigned int fragsz, gfp_t gfp_mask)
+static struct page *__page_frag_refill(struct netdev_alloc_cache *nc,
+                                       gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
-        struct netdev_alloc_cache *nc;
-        void *data = NULL;
-        int order;
-        unsigned long flags;
+        const unsigned int order = NETDEV_FRAG_PAGE_MAX_ORDER;
+        struct page *page = NULL;
+        gfp_t gfp = gfp_mask;
+
+        if (order) {
+                gfp_mask |= __GFP_COMP | __GFP_NOWARN | __GFP_NORETRY;
+                page = alloc_pages_node(NUMA_NO_NODE, gfp_mask, order);
+                nc->frag.size = PAGE_SIZE << (page ? order : 0);
+        }
 
-        local_irq_save(flags);
-        nc = this_cpu_ptr(&netdev_alloc_cache);
-        if (unlikely(!nc->frag.page)) {
+        if (unlikely(!page))
+                page = alloc_pages_node(NUMA_NO_NODE, gfp, 0);
+
+        nc->frag.page = page;
+
+        return page;
+}
+
+static void *__alloc_page_frag(struct netdev_alloc_cache __percpu *cache,
+                               unsigned int fragsz, gfp_t gfp_mask)
+{
+        struct netdev_alloc_cache *nc = this_cpu_ptr(cache);
+        struct page *page = nc->frag.page;
+        unsigned int size;
+        int offset;
+
+        if (unlikely(!page)) {
 refill:
-                for (order = NETDEV_FRAG_PAGE_MAX_ORDER; ;) {
-                        gfp_t gfp = gfp_mask;
+                page = __page_frag_refill(nc, gfp_mask);
+                if (!page)
+                        return NULL;
+
+                /* if size can vary use frag.size else just use PAGE_SIZE */
+                size = NETDEV_FRAG_PAGE_MAX_ORDER ? nc->frag.size : PAGE_SIZE;
 
-                        if (order)
-                                gfp |= __GFP_COMP | __GFP_NOWARN;
-                        nc->frag.page = alloc_pages(gfp, order);
-                        if (likely(nc->frag.page))
-                                break;
-                        if (--order < 0)
-                                goto end;
-                }
-                nc->frag.size = PAGE_SIZE << order;
                 /* Even if we own the page, we do not use atomic_set().
                  * This would break get_page_unless_zero() users.
                  */
-                atomic_add(NETDEV_PAGECNT_MAX_BIAS - 1,
-                           &nc->frag.page->_count);
-                nc->pagecnt_bias = NETDEV_PAGECNT_MAX_BIAS;
-                nc->frag.offset = 0;
+                atomic_add(size - 1, &page->_count);
+
+                /* reset page count bias and offset to start of new frag */
+                nc->pagecnt_bias = size;
+                nc->frag.offset = size;
         }
 
-        if (nc->frag.offset + fragsz > nc->frag.size) {
-                if (atomic_read(&nc->frag.page->_count) != nc->pagecnt_bias) {
-                        if (!atomic_sub_and_test(nc->pagecnt_bias,
-                                                 &nc->frag.page->_count))
-                                goto refill;
-                        /* OK, page count is 0, we can safely set it */
-                        atomic_set(&nc->frag.page->_count,
-                                   NETDEV_PAGECNT_MAX_BIAS);
-                } else {
-                        atomic_add(NETDEV_PAGECNT_MAX_BIAS - nc->pagecnt_bias,
-                                   &nc->frag.page->_count);
-                }
-                nc->pagecnt_bias = NETDEV_PAGECNT_MAX_BIAS;
-                nc->frag.offset = 0;
+        offset = nc->frag.offset - fragsz;
+        if (unlikely(offset < 0)) {
+                if (!atomic_sub_and_test(nc->pagecnt_bias, &page->_count))
+                        goto refill;
+
+                /* if size can vary use frag.size else just use PAGE_SIZE */
+                size = NETDEV_FRAG_PAGE_MAX_ORDER ? nc->frag.size : PAGE_SIZE;
+
+                /* OK, page count is 0, we can safely set it */
+                atomic_set(&page->_count, size);
+
+                /* reset page count bias and offset to start of new frag */
+                nc->pagecnt_bias = size;
+                offset = size - fragsz;
         }
 
-        data = page_address(nc->frag.page) + nc->frag.offset;
-        nc->frag.offset += fragsz;
         nc->pagecnt_bias--;
-end:
+        nc->frag.offset = offset;
+
+        return page_address(page) + offset;
+}
+
+static void *__netdev_alloc_frag(unsigned int fragsz, gfp_t gfp_mask)
+{
+        unsigned long flags;
+        void *data;
+
+        local_irq_save(flags);
+        data = __alloc_page_frag(&netdev_alloc_cache, fragsz, gfp_mask);
         local_irq_restore(flags);
         return data;
 }
@@ -406,11 +432,25 @@ void *netdev_alloc_frag(unsigned int fragsz)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_alloc_frag);
 
+static void *__napi_alloc_frag(unsigned int fragsz, gfp_t gfp_mask)
+{
+        return __alloc_page_frag(&napi_alloc_cache, fragsz, gfp_mask);
+}
+
+void *napi_alloc_frag(unsigned int fragsz)
+{
+        return __napi_alloc_frag(fragsz, GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_COLD);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(napi_alloc_frag);
+
 /**
- *      __netdev_alloc_skb - allocate an skbuff for rx on a specific device
- *      @dev: network device to receive on
+ *      __alloc_rx_skb - allocate an skbuff for rx
  *      @length: length to allocate
  *      @gfp_mask: get_free_pages mask, passed to alloc_skb
+ *      @flags: If SKB_ALLOC_RX is set, __GFP_MEMALLOC will be used for
+ *              allocations in case we have to fallback to __alloc_skb()
+ *              If SKB_ALLOC_NAPI is set, page fragment will be allocated
+ *              from napi_cache instead of netdev_cache.
  *
  *      Allocate a new &sk_buff and assign it a usage count of one. The
  *      buffer has unspecified headroom built in. Users should allocate
@@ -419,11 +459,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_alloc_frag);
  *
  *      %NULL is returned if there is no free memory.
  */
-struct sk_buff *__netdev_alloc_skb(struct net_device *dev,
-                                   unsigned int length, gfp_t gfp_mask)
+static struct sk_buff *__alloc_rx_skb(unsigned int length, gfp_t gfp_mask,
+                                      int flags)
 {
         struct sk_buff *skb = NULL;
-        unsigned int fragsz = SKB_DATA_ALIGN(length + NET_SKB_PAD) +
+        unsigned int fragsz = SKB_DATA_ALIGN(length) +
                               SKB_DATA_ALIGN(sizeof(struct skb_shared_info));
 
         if (fragsz <= PAGE_SIZE && !(gfp_mask & (__GFP_WAIT | GFP_DMA))) {
@@ -432,7 +472,9 @@ struct sk_buff *__netdev_alloc_skb(struct net_device *dev,
                 if (sk_memalloc_socks())
                         gfp_mask |= __GFP_MEMALLOC;
 
-                data = __netdev_alloc_frag(fragsz, gfp_mask);
+                data = (flags & SKB_ALLOC_NAPI) ?
+                        __napi_alloc_frag(fragsz, gfp_mask) :
+                        __netdev_alloc_frag(fragsz, gfp_mask);
 
                 if (likely(data)) {
                         skb = build_skb(data, fragsz);
@@ -440,17 +482,72 @@ struct sk_buff *__netdev_alloc_skb(struct net_device *dev,
                                 put_page(virt_to_head_page(data));
                 }
         } else {
-                skb = __alloc_skb(length + NET_SKB_PAD, gfp_mask,
+                skb = __alloc_skb(length, gfp_mask,
                                   SKB_ALLOC_RX, NUMA_NO_NODE);
         }
+        return skb;
+}
+
+/**
+ *      __netdev_alloc_skb - allocate an skbuff for rx on a specific device
+ *      @dev: network device to receive on
+ *      @length: length to allocate
+ *      @gfp_mask: get_free_pages mask, passed to alloc_skb
+ *
+ *      Allocate a new &sk_buff and assign it a usage count of one. The
+ *      buffer has NET_SKB_PAD headroom built in. Users should allocate
+ *      the headroom they think they need without accounting for the
+ *      built in space. The built in space is used for optimisations.
+ *
+ *      %NULL is returned if there is no free memory.
+ */
+struct sk_buff *__netdev_alloc_skb(struct net_device *dev,
+                                   unsigned int length, gfp_t gfp_mask)
+{
+        struct sk_buff *skb;
+
+        length += NET_SKB_PAD;
+        skb = __alloc_rx_skb(length, gfp_mask, 0);
+
         if (likely(skb)) {
                 skb_reserve(skb, NET_SKB_PAD);
                 skb->dev = dev;
         }
+
         return skb;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__netdev_alloc_skb);
 
+/**
+ *      __napi_alloc_skb - allocate skbuff for rx in a specific NAPI instance
+ *      @napi: napi instance this buffer was allocated for
+ *      @length: length to allocate
+ *      @gfp_mask: get_free_pages mask, passed to alloc_skb and alloc_pages
+ *
+ *      Allocate a new sk_buff for use in NAPI receive.  This buffer will
+ *      attempt to allocate the head from a special reserved region used
+ *      only for NAPI Rx allocation.  By doing this we can save several
+ *      CPU cycles by avoiding having to disable and re-enable IRQs.
+ *
+ *      %NULL is returned if there is no free memory.
+ */
+struct sk_buff *__napi_alloc_skb(struct napi_struct *napi,
+                                 unsigned int length, gfp_t gfp_mask)
+{
+        struct sk_buff *skb;
+
+        length += NET_SKB_PAD + NET_IP_ALIGN;
+        skb = __alloc_rx_skb(length, gfp_mask, SKB_ALLOC_NAPI);
+
+        if (likely(skb)) {
+                skb_reserve(skb, NET_SKB_PAD + NET_IP_ALIGN);
+                skb->dev = napi->dev;
+        }
+
+        return skb;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__napi_alloc_skb);
+
 void skb_add_rx_frag(struct sk_buff *skb, int i, struct page *page, int off,
                      int size, unsigned int truesize)
 {