- a pointer to the mbuf pool for allocating indirect buffers, which are
used to locate GSO segments' packet payloads.
-.. note::
+ .. note::
+
+ An application may use the same pool for both direct and indirect
+ buffers. However, since indirect mbufs simply store a pointer, the
+ application may reduce its memory consumption by creating a separate memory
+ pool, containing smaller elements, for the indirect pool.
- An application may use the same pool for both direct and indirect
- buffers. However, since each indirect mbuf simply stores a pointer, the
- application may reduce its memory consumption by creating a separate memory
- pool, containing smaller elements, for the indirect pool.
- the size of each output segment, including packet headers and payload,
measured in bytes.