core: enable more fine-grained datagram reception control
The __skb_recv_datagram routine in core/ datagram.c provides a general skb reception factility supposed to be utilized by protocol modules providing datagram sockets. It encompasses both the actual recvmsg code and a surrounding 'sleep until data is available' loop. This is inconvenient if a protocol module has to use additional locking in order to maintain some per-socket state the generic datagram socket code is unaware of (as the af_unix code does). The patch below moves the recvmsg proper code into a new __skb_try_recv_datagram routine which doesn't sleep and renames wait_for_more_packets to __skb_wait_for_more_packets, both routines being exported interfaces. The original __skb_recv_datagram routine is reimplemented on top of these two functions such that its user-visible behaviour remains unchanged. Signed-off-by: Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@mobileactivedefense.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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