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diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index f1bfa3781c7..8eaa62400fc 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -1083,6 +1083,7 @@ static inline int skb_header_cloned(const struct sk_buff *skb)
* Drop a reference to the header part of the buffer. This is done
* by acquiring a payload reference. You must not read from the header
* part of skb->data after this.
+ * Note : Check if you can use __skb_header_release() instead.
*/
static inline void skb_header_release(struct sk_buff *skb)
{
@@ -1092,6 +1093,20 @@ static inline void skb_header_release(struct sk_buff *skb)
}
/**
+ * __skb_header_release - release reference to header
+ * @skb: buffer to operate on
+ *
+ * Variant of skb_header_release() assuming skb is private to caller.
+ * We can avoid one atomic operation.
+ */
+static inline void __skb_header_release(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+ skb->nohdr = 1;
+ atomic_set(&skb_shinfo(skb)->dataref, 1 + (1 << SKB_DATAREF_SHIFT));
+}
+
+
+/**
* skb_shared - is the buffer shared
* @skb: buffer to check
*