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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2011-01-07 14:14:15 +0100
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2011-01-07 14:14:15 +0100
commit1c2a48cf65580a276552151eb8f78d78c55b828e (patch)
tree68ed0628a276b33cb5aa0ad4899c1afe0a33a69d /net/socket.c
parent0aa002fe602939370e9476e5ec32b562000a0425 (diff)
parentcb600d2f83c854ec3d6660063e4466431999489b (diff)
Merge branch 'linus' into x86/apic-cleanups
Conflicts: arch/x86/include/asm/io_apic.h Merge reason: Resolve the conflict, update to a more recent -rc base Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/socket.c')
-rw-r--r--net/socket.c15
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index 3ca2fd9e37200..088fb3fd45e00 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -732,6 +732,21 @@ static int sock_recvmsg_nosec(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
return ret;
}
+/**
+ * kernel_recvmsg - Receive a message from a socket (kernel space)
+ * @sock: The socket to receive the message from
+ * @msg: Received message
+ * @vec: Input s/g array for message data
+ * @num: Size of input s/g array
+ * @size: Number of bytes to read
+ * @flags: Message flags (MSG_DONTWAIT, etc...)
+ *
+ * On return the msg structure contains the scatter/gather array passed in the
+ * vec argument. The array is modified so that it consists of the unfilled
+ * portion of the original array.
+ *
+ * The returned value is the total number of bytes received, or an error.
+ */
int kernel_recvmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
struct kvec *vec, size_t num, size_t size, int flags)
{