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authorEric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>2011-07-29 14:37:31 -0400
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2011-08-01 21:03:06 -0400
commit22019b17821ab3543090827491e465c5816cbcd6 (patch)
treefc696f2e9bdee7d5630f11ea79f4482cbff346f6 /net/core
parent8fb4e1399137dbbf7f1071bc723b5eff8ad46d1a (diff)
net: add kerneldoc to skb_copy_bits()
Since skb_copy_bits() is called from assembly, add a fat comment to make clear we should think twice before changing its prototype. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/core')
-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 2beda824636..27002dffe7e 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -1369,8 +1369,21 @@ pull_pages:
1369} 1369}
1370EXPORT_SYMBOL(__pskb_pull_tail); 1370EXPORT_SYMBOL(__pskb_pull_tail);
1371 1371
1372/* Copy some data bits from skb to kernel buffer. */ 1372/**
1373 1373 * skb_copy_bits - copy bits from skb to kernel buffer
1374 * @skb: source skb
1375 * @offset: offset in source
1376 * @to: destination buffer
1377 * @len: number of bytes to copy
1378 *
1379 * Copy the specified number of bytes from the source skb to the
1380 * destination buffer.
1381 *
1382 * CAUTION ! :
1383 * If its prototype is ever changed,
1384 * check arch/{*}/net/{*}.S files,
1385 * since it is called from BPF assembly code.
1386 */
1374int skb_copy_bits(const struct sk_buff *skb, int offset, void *to, int len) 1387int skb_copy_bits(const struct sk_buff *skb, int offset, void *to, int len)
1375{ 1388{
1376 int start = skb_headlen(skb); 1389 int start = skb_headlen(skb);