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diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 215b5ea1cb3..6f69b3f914f 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -1638,6 +1638,11 @@ static inline void skb_set_mac_header(struct sk_buff *skb, const int offset)
skb->mac_header += offset;
}
+static inline void skb_pop_mac_header(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+ skb->mac_header = skb->network_header;
+}
+
static inline void skb_probe_transport_header(struct sk_buff *skb,
const int offset_hint)
{
@@ -2526,6 +2531,10 @@ static inline void sw_tx_timestamp(struct sk_buff *skb)
* Ethernet MAC Drivers should call this function in their hard_xmit()
* function immediately before giving the sk_buff to the MAC hardware.
*
+ * Specifically, one should make absolutely sure that this function is
+ * called before TX completion of this packet can trigger. Otherwise
+ * the packet could potentially already be freed.
+ *
* @skb: A socket buffer.
*/
static inline void skb_tx_timestamp(struct sk_buff *skb)