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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ppp_generic.c14
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c b/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c
index 9293c82ef2af..7e21342becb2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c
@@ -899,17 +899,9 @@ ppp_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
/* Put the 2-byte PPP protocol number on the front,
making sure there is room for the address and control fields. */
- if (skb_headroom(skb) < PPP_HDRLEN) {
- struct sk_buff *ns;
-
- ns = alloc_skb(skb->len + dev->hard_header_len, GFP_ATOMIC);
- if (ns == 0)
- goto outf;
- skb_reserve(ns, dev->hard_header_len);
- skb_copy_bits(skb, 0, skb_put(ns, skb->len), skb->len);
- kfree_skb(skb);
- skb = ns;
- }
+ if (skb_cow_head(skb, PPP_HDRLEN))
+ goto outf;
+
pp = skb_push(skb, 2);
proto = npindex_to_proto[npi];
pp[0] = proto >> 8;