netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] net: add a truesize parameter to skb_add_rx

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Date:	Sun, 25 Mar 2012 13:30:17 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, wey-yi.w.guy@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net: add a truesize parameter to skb_add_rx_frag()

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2012 02:59:33 -0700

> skb_add_rx_frag() API is misleading.
> 
> Network skbs built with this helper can use uncharged kernel memory and
> eventually stress/crash machine in OOM.
> 
> Add a 'truesize' parameter and then fix drivers in followup patches.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>

Applied.
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