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 | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 20 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index c6b377a15869..e104b2e4a735 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -3365,6 +3365,7 @@ int netif_rx(struct sk_buff *skb);
int netif_rx_ni(struct sk_buff *skb);
int netif_receive_skb(struct sk_buff *skb);
int netif_receive_skb_core(struct sk_buff *skb);
+void netif_receive_skb_list(struct list_head *head);
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 dffed642e686..110c8dfebc01 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -4792,6 +4792,25 @@ int netif_receive_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(netif_receive_skb);
+/**
+ * netif_receive_skb_list - process many receive buffers from network
+ * @head: list of skbs to process.
+ *
+ * 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 list_head *head)
+{
+ struct sk_buff *skb, *next;
+
+ list_for_each_entry_safe(skb, next, head, list)
+ netif_receive_skb(skb);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(netif_receive_skb_list);
+
DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct work_struct, flush_works);
/* Network device is going away, flush any packets still pending */
