netdev - [RFC] skb truesize last offenders

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Date:	Fri, 23 Mar 2012 05:51:52 -0700
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@...el.com>
Subject: [RFC] skb truesize last offenders

iwlwifi and some other users of skb_add_rx_frag() lie about skb
truesize, because of API being lazy.

iwlwifi can use order-0 or order-1 pages and skb truesize is wrong.
network sbs can use uncharged kernel memory and eventually crash machine
in OOM.

I plan : 

1) adding a @truesize parameter to skb_add_rx_frag() in a neutral patch

2) fix drivers that dont charge the real size of fragment

3) niu could then use skb_add_rx_frag() instead of custom code.

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