1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 3402eca768f8..cf489b6329e8 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -878,6 +878,22 @@ unsigned char *skb_put(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int len)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(skb_put);
 
+/**
+ *      skb_pull - remove data from the start of a buffer
+ *      @skb: buffer to use
+ *      @len: amount of data to remove
+ *
+ *      This function removes data from the start of a buffer, returning
+ *      the memory to the headroom. A pointer to the next data in the buffer
+ *      is returned. Once the data has been pulled future pushes will overwrite
+ *      the old data.
+ */
+unsigned char *skb_pull(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int len)
+{
+        return unlikely(len > skb->len) ? NULL : __skb_pull(skb, len);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(skb_pull);
+
 /* Trims skb to length len. It can change skb pointers.
  */