diff --git a/net/packet/internal.h b/net/packet/internal.h
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+#ifndef __PACKET_INTERNAL_H__
+#define __PACKET_INTERNAL_H__
+
+struct packet_mclist {
+	struct packet_mclist	*next;
+	int			ifindex;
+	int			count;
+	unsigned short		type;
+	unsigned short		alen;
+	unsigned char		addr[MAX_ADDR_LEN];
+};
+
+/* kbdq - kernel block descriptor queue */
+struct tpacket_kbdq_core {
+	struct pgv	*pkbdq;
+	unsigned int	feature_req_word;
+	unsigned int	hdrlen;
+	unsigned char	reset_pending_on_curr_blk;
+	unsigned char   delete_blk_timer;
+	unsigned short	kactive_blk_num;
+	unsigned short	blk_sizeof_priv;
+
+	/* last_kactive_blk_num:
+	 * trick to see if user-space has caught up
+	 * in order to avoid refreshing timer when every single pkt arrives.
+	 */
+	unsigned short	last_kactive_blk_num;
+
+	char		*pkblk_start;
+	char		*pkblk_end;
+	int		kblk_size;
+	unsigned int	knum_blocks;
+	uint64_t	knxt_seq_num;
+	char		*prev;
+	char		*nxt_offset;
+	struct sk_buff	*skb;
+
+	atomic_t	blk_fill_in_prog;
+
+	/* Default is set to 8ms */
+#define DEFAULT_PRB_RETIRE_TOV	(8)
+
+	unsigned short  retire_blk_tov;
+	unsigned short  version;
+	unsigned long	tov_in_jiffies;
+
+	/* timer to retire an outstanding block */
+	struct timer_list retire_blk_timer;
+};
+
+struct pgv {
+	char *buffer;
+};
+
+struct packet_ring_buffer {
+	struct pgv		*pg_vec;
+	unsigned int		head;
+	unsigned int		frames_per_block;
+	unsigned int		frame_size;
+	unsigned int		frame_max;
+
+	unsigned int		pg_vec_order;
+	unsigned int		pg_vec_pages;
+	unsigned int		pg_vec_len;
+
+	struct tpacket_kbdq_core	prb_bdqc;
+	atomic_t		pending;
+};
+
+struct packet_fanout;
+struct packet_sock {
+	/* struct sock has to be the first member of packet_sock */
+	struct sock		sk;
+	struct packet_fanout	*fanout;
+	struct tpacket_stats	stats;
+	union  tpacket_stats_u	stats_u;
+	struct packet_ring_buffer	rx_ring;
+	struct packet_ring_buffer	tx_ring;
+	int			copy_thresh;
+	spinlock_t		bind_lock;
+	struct mutex		pg_vec_lock;
+	unsigned int		running:1,	/* prot_hook is attached*/
+				auxdata:1,
+				origdev:1,
+				has_vnet_hdr:1;
+	int			ifindex;	/* bound device		*/
+	__be16			num;
+	struct packet_mclist	*mclist;
+	atomic_t		mapped;
+	enum tpacket_versions	tp_version;
+	unsigned int		tp_hdrlen;
+	unsigned int		tp_reserve;
+	unsigned int		tp_loss:1;
+	unsigned int		tp_tstamp;
+	struct packet_type	prot_hook ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
+};
+
+static struct packet_sock *pkt_sk(struct sock *sk)
+{
+	return (struct packet_sock *)sk;
+}
+
+#endif