- err = -ENOBUFS;
- skb = sock_wmalloc(sk, len + LL_RESERVED_SPACE(dev), 0, GFP_KERNEL);
-
- /*
- * If the write buffer is full, then tough. At this level the user
- * gets to deal with the problem - do your own algorithmic backoffs.
- * That's far more flexible.
- */
-
- if (skb == NULL)
- goto out_unlock;
-
- /*
- * Fill it in
- */
-
- /* FIXME: Save some space for broken drivers that write a
- * hard header at transmission time by themselves. PPP is the
- * notable one here. This should really be fixed at the driver level.
- */
- skb_reserve(skb, LL_RESERVED_SPACE(dev));
- skb_reset_network_header(skb);
-
- /* Try to align data part correctly */
- if (dev->header_ops) {
- skb->data -= dev->hard_header_len;
- skb->tail -= dev->hard_header_len;
- if (len < dev->hard_header_len)
- skb_reset_network_header(skb);
+ if (!skb) {
+ size_t reserved = LL_RESERVED_SPACE(dev);
+ unsigned int hhlen = dev->header_ops ? dev->hard_header_len : 0;
+
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+ skb = sock_wmalloc(sk, len + reserved, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (skb == NULL)
+ return -ENOBUFS;
+ /* FIXME: Save some space for broken drivers that write a hard
+ * header at transmission time by themselves. PPP is the notable
+ * one here. This should really be fixed at the driver level.
+ */
+ skb_reserve(skb, reserved);
+ skb_reset_network_header(skb);
+
+ /* Try to align data part correctly */
+ if (hhlen) {
+ skb->data -= hhlen;
+ skb->tail -= hhlen;
+ if (len < hhlen)
+ skb_reset_network_header(skb);
+ }
+ err = memcpy_fromiovec(skb_put(skb, len), msg->msg_iov, len);
+ if (err)
+ goto out_free;
+ goto retry;