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| author | Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> | 2011-07-29 14:37:31 -0400 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2011-08-01 21:03:06 -0400 |
| commit | 22019b17821ab3543090827491e465c5816cbcd6 (patch) | |
| tree | fc696f2e9bdee7d5630f11ea79f4482cbff346f6 | |
| parent | 8fb4e1399137dbbf7f1071bc723b5eff8ad46d1a (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>
| -rw-r--r-- | net/core/skbuff.c | 17 |
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: | |||
| 1369 | } | 1369 | } |
| 1370 | EXPORT_SYMBOL(__pskb_pull_tail); | 1370 | EXPORT_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 | */ | ||
| 1374 | int skb_copy_bits(const struct sk_buff *skb, int offset, void *to, int len) | 1387 | int 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); |
