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authorSven Schnelle <svens@linux.ibm.com>2026-09-09 11:29:53 +0200
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selftests/ftrace: Fix unique symbol check in kprobe_non_uniq_symbol.tcgrafted
The current regex also matches symbols in modules, which makes the test fail on s390 where name_show is present only once in the kernel, but also multiple times in modules: 000001b1401cdc20 t name_show 000001b0c05e6c40 t name_show [mdev] 000001b0c0495f30 t name_show [i2c_core] Fix this by changing the regular expression to only match the function name. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260909092954.2200558-1-svens@linux.ibm.com/ Fixes: 03b80ff8023a ("selftests/ftrace: Add new test case which checks non unique symbol") Signed-off-by: Sven Schnelle <svens@linux.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
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+.. 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