netdev - Re: [RFC] [NET] [0/2] pskb_expand

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Date:	Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:49:35 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	haoki@...hat.com
Cc:	herbert@...dor.apana.org.au, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] [NET] [0/2] pskb_expand_head() bugfix

From: Hideo AOKI <haoki@...hat.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:47:35 -0400

> I think that it is inconvenient for caller functions to need
> updateing truesize by themselves.

Most cases what I can see are in spots where skb->truesize
cannot be modified because the SKB is possibly charged
to a socket.

In these limited situations where skb->truesize adjustments
really are needed, and legal, it is no harm to open code
things.
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