net: dev: move inline skb_needs_linearize helper to header
As we need it elsewhere, move the inline helper function of
skb_needs_linearize() over to skbuff.h include file. While
at it, also convert the return to 'bool' instead of 'int'
and add a proper kernel doc.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 215b5ea..77c7aae 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -2392,6 +2392,24 @@
return buffer;
}
+/**
+ * skb_needs_linearize - check if we need to linearize a given skb
+ * depending on the given device features.
+ * @skb: socket buffer to check
+ * @features: net device features
+ *
+ * Returns true if either:
+ * 1. skb has frag_list and the device doesn't support FRAGLIST, or
+ * 2. skb is fragmented and the device does not support SG.
+ */
+static inline bool skb_needs_linearize(struct sk_buff *skb,
+ netdev_features_t features)
+{
+ return skb_is_nonlinear(skb) &&
+ ((skb_has_frag_list(skb) && !(features & NETIF_F_FRAGLIST)) ||
+ (skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags && !(features & NETIF_F_SG)));
+}
+
static inline void skb_copy_from_linear_data(const struct sk_buff *skb,
void *to,
const unsigned int len)