}
/**
+ * buf_acquire - creates a TIPC message buffer
+ * @size: message size (including TIPC header)
+ *
+ * Returns a new buffer with data pointers set to the specified size.
+ *
+ * NOTE: Headroom is reserved to allow prepending of a data link header.
+ * There may also be unrequested tailroom present at the buffer's end.
+ */
+
+struct sk_buff *buf_acquire(u32 size)
+{
+ struct sk_buff *skb;
+ unsigned int buf_size = (BUF_HEADROOM + size + 3) & ~3u;
+
+ skb = alloc_skb_fclone(buf_size, GFP_ATOMIC);
+ if (skb) {
+ skb_reserve(skb, BUF_HEADROOM);
+ skb_put(skb, size);
+ skb->next = NULL;
+ }
+ return skb;
+}
+
+/**
* tipc_core_stop_net - shut down TIPC networking sub-systems
*/