netdev - Re: skbuff truesize incorrect.

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Message-Id: <20140522.165833.414855217799383878.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 22 May 2014 16:58:33 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jim_baxter@...tor.com
Cc:	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, kamal@...onical.com,
	bhutchings@...arflare.com, edumazet@...gle.com, mszeredi@...e.cz,
	fw@...len.de
Subject: Re: skbuff truesize incorrect.

From: Jim Baxter <jim_baxter@...tor.com>
Date: Thu, 22 May 2014 21:21:55 +0100

> If there are multiple clones for an skb all pointing at the same data,
> will that distort the memory used when they all have the same truesize?

What is distorted about it?

Each clone references exactly that much backing memory.
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