iwlwifi: fix skb truesize underestimation
By default, iwlwifi uses order-1 pages (8 KB) to store incoming frames, but doesnt say so in skb->truesize. This makes very possible to exhaust kernel memory since these skb evade normal socket memory accounting. As struct ieee80211_hdr is going to be pulled before calling IP stack, there is no need to use dev_alloc_skb() to reserve NET_SKB_PAD bytes. alloc_skb() is ok in this driver, allowing more tailroom. Pull beginning of frame in skb header, in the hope we can reuse order-1 pages in the driver immediately for small frames and reduce their truesize to the minimum (linear skbs) Signed-off-by: NEric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Cc: Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com> Cc: "John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com> Cc: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@google.com> Signed-off-by: NJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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