skb_copy/clone question

skb_copy/clone question

[Chris Ross]

I have a driver that generate N packets to send for every 1 it
receives, similar to a bridge in functionality. I need to insert a
slightly different header for each output packet. My current approach
which is causing some issues is ..

send_packet(struct sk_buff* skb)
{
  if (skb_cow_head(skb, some_val) < 0)
    goto error_condition;

  .. insert header ..

  .. set skb->dst, and ident ..

  ip_local_out(skb)
}

// main section
for each egress packet
{
  // skb->len is always > 0 here
  if ((tskb = pskb_copy(skb, GFP_ATOMIC)) == NULL)
    goto error_condition;

  // tskb->len seems to be 0 here
  send_packet(tskb)
}

I've played with both pskb_copy and skb_copy and both seem to result
in a packet with len of 0. I was expecting skb->len to be equivalent
to tskb->len. I am running 2.6.29, any pointers would be appreciated.

thanks,

-chris