Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 22 Jan 2005 17:26:56 +0100 | From | Petr Vandrovec <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] restore skb_copy_datagram, removed from 2.6.11-rc2, breaking VMWare |
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On Sat, Jan 22, 2005 at 11:01:29AM -0500, Chip Salzenberg wrote: > Those of you who are using VMWare 4.5 will find that 2.6.11-rc2 > removes the public function "skb_copy_datagram", breaking VMWare > (and any other module using that interface *sigh*).
There is no need for it. It is fixed internally, and it will be part of vmware-any-any-update89 and WS5.0 RC1. Petr Vandrovec
> The attached patch restores the (little harmless wrapper) function. > -- > Chip Salzenberg - a.k.a. - <chip@pobox.com> > "What I cannot create, I do not understand." - Richard Feynman
> > --- x/include/linux/skbuff.h.old 2005-01-22 10:03:55.000000000 -0500 > +++ y/include/linux/skbuff.h 2005-01-22 10:42:33.000000000 -0500 > @@ -1087,4 +1087,6 @@ > extern unsigned int datagram_poll(struct file *file, struct socket *sock, > struct poll_table_struct *wait); > +extern int skb_copy_datagram(const struct sk_buff *from, > + int offset, char __user *to, int size); > extern int skb_copy_datagram_iovec(const struct sk_buff *from, > int offset, struct iovec *to, > > --- x/net/core/datagram.c.old 2005-01-22 10:03:56.000000000 -0500 > +++ y/net/core/datagram.c 2005-01-22 10:43:40.000000000 -0500 > @@ -200,4 +200,17 @@ > } > > +/* > + * Copy a datagram to a linear buffer. > + */ > +int skb_copy_datagram(const struct sk_buff *skb, int offset, char __user *to, int size) > +{ > + struct iovec iov = { > + .iov_base = to, > + .iov_len =size, > + }; > + > + return skb_copy_datagram_iovec(skb, offset, &iov, size); > +} > + > /** > * skb_copy_datagram_iovec - Copy a datagram to an iovec. > @@ -478,4 +491,5 @@ > EXPORT_SYMBOL(datagram_poll); > EXPORT_SYMBOL(skb_copy_and_csum_datagram_iovec); > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(skb_copy_datagram); > EXPORT_SYMBOL(skb_copy_datagram_iovec); > EXPORT_SYMBOL(skb_free_datagram);
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