Just calls netif_receive_skb() in a loop.
Signed-off-by: Edward Cree <ec...@solarflare.com>
---
include/linux/netdevice.h | 1 +
net/core/dev.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 21 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index a3bb534..682d0ad 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -3218,6 +3218,7 @@ static inline void dev_consume_skb_any(struct sk_buff
*skb)
int netif_rx(struct sk_buff *skb);
int netif_rx_ni(struct sk_buff *skb);
int netif_receive_skb(struct sk_buff *skb);
+void netif_receive_skb_list(struct sk_buff_head *list);
gro_result_t napi_gro_receive(struct napi_struct *napi, struct sk_buff *skb);
void napi_gro_flush(struct napi_struct *napi, bool flush_old);
struct sk_buff *napi_get_frags(struct napi_struct *napi);
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 52d446b..7abcb1d 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -4292,6 +4292,26 @@ int netif_receive_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(netif_receive_skb);
+/**
+ * netif_receive_skb_list - process many receive buffers from network
+ * @list: list of skbs to process. Must not be shareable (e.g. it may
+ * be on the stack)
+ *
+ * For now, just calls netif_receive_skb() in a loop, ignoring the
+ * return value.
+ *
+ * This function may only be called from softirq context and interrupts
+ * should be enabled.
+ */
+void netif_receive_skb_list(struct sk_buff_head *list)
+{
+ struct sk_buff *skb;
+
+ while ((skb = __skb_dequeue(list)) != NULL)
+ netif_receive_skb(skb);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(netif_receive_skb_list);
+
/* Network device is going away, flush any packets still pending
* Called with irqs disabled.
*/
