>> Suggestion, then: a routine to do that.  Something like this, exact
>> details of course open to debate:
>>	void *m_copy_or_point(struct mbuf *m, int len, void *buf);

> 	this is basically what m_pulldown() does.

> /*
>  * ensure that [off, off + len) is contiguous on the mbuf chain "m".
[...]
>  * on error return (NULL return value), original "m" will be freed.

One very important aspect of my suggested routine is that there is no
error return, unless you ask for a len greater than the the mbuf chain
can satisfy, and even then, you don't lose the packet (it returns nil,
but the mbuf chain is untouched - note the return value is *not* a
struct mbuf *).

If anyone wants, I can throw together an implementation of what I
suggest in fairly short order.

					der Mouse

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