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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2026-09-20 08:15:23 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2026-09-20 08:15:23 -0700 |
| commit | bdab18633a302c82b5e5d5dbc4e38b0baf9c0837 (patch) | |
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Merge tag 'locking-urgent-2026-09-20' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tipgrafted
Pull futex fix from Ingo Molnar:
- Also allocate a default private futex hash on vfork() as well, to
avoid races with (private) futex waiters (Peter Zijlstra)
* tag 'locking-urgent-2026-09-20' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
futex: Also allocate private hash on vfork()
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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/skbuff.rst b/Documentation/networking/skbuff.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..94681523e --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/networking/skbuff.rst @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +struct sk_buff +============== + +:c:type:`sk_buff` is the main networking structure representing +a packet. + +Basic sk_buff geometry +---------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/skbuff.h + :doc: Basic sk_buff geometry + +Shared skbs and skb clones +-------------------------- + +:c:member:`sk_buff.users` is a simple refcount allowing multiple entities +to keep a struct sk_buff alive. skbs with a ``sk_buff.users != 1`` are referred +to as shared skbs (see skb_shared()). + +skb_clone() allows for fast duplication of skbs. None of the data buffers +get copied, but caller gets a new metadata struct (struct sk_buff). +&skb_shared_info.refcount indicates the number of skbs pointing at the same +packet data (i.e. clones). + +dataref and headerless skbs +--------------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/skbuff.h + :doc: dataref and headerless skbs |
