+/**
+ * __napi_alloc_skb - allocate skbuff for rx in a specific NAPI instance
+ * @napi: napi instance this buffer was allocated for
+ * @length: length to allocate
+ * @gfp_mask: get_free_pages mask, passed to alloc_skb and alloc_pages
+ *
+ * Allocate a new sk_buff for use in NAPI receive. This buffer will
+ * attempt to allocate the head from a special reserved region used
+ * only for NAPI Rx allocation. By doing this we can save several
+ * CPU cycles by avoiding having to disable and re-enable IRQs.
+ *
+ * %NULL is returned if there is no free memory.
+ */
+struct sk_buff *__napi_alloc_skb(struct napi_struct *napi,
+ unsigned int length, gfp_t gfp_mask)
+{
+ struct sk_buff *skb;
+
+ length += NET_SKB_PAD + NET_IP_ALIGN;
+ skb = __alloc_rx_skb(length, gfp_mask, SKB_ALLOC_NAPI);
+
+ if (likely(skb)) {
+ skb_reserve(skb, NET_SKB_PAD + NET_IP_ALIGN);
+ skb->dev = napi->dev;
+ }
+
+ return skb;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__napi_alloc_skb);
+