netdev - Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] net: cdc_ncm: respect operator preferred MTU reported by MBIM

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Date:	Tue, 18 Mar 2014 09:33:40 +0100
From:	Bjørn Mork <bjorn@...k.no>
To:	Ben Chan <benchan@...omium.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Oliver Neukum <oliver@...kum.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Greg Suarez <gsuarez@...thmicro.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] net: cdc_ncm: respect operator preferred MTU reported by MBIM

Ben Chan <benchan@...omium.org> writes:

> According to "Universal Serial Bus Communications Class Subclass
> Specification for Mobile Broadband Interface Model, Revision 1.0,
> Errata-1" published by USB-IF, the wMTU field of the MBIM extended
> functional descriptor indicates the operator preferred MTU for IP data
> streams.
>
> This patch modifies cdc_ncm_setup to ensure that the MTU value set on
> the usbnet device does not exceed the operator preferred MTU indicated
> by wMTU if the MBIM device exposes a MBIM extended functional
> descriptor.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ben Chan <benchan@...omium.org>
> ---
> Patch v3 (which is same as v2) adds the le16_to_cpu conversion on
> ctx->mbim_extended_desc->wMTU as pointed out and suggested by
> 'Bjørn Mork <bjorn@...k.no>'.

Looks good to me FWIW.

I was worried that I might have created a merge conflict here by posting
the unrelated cdc_ncm fix, touching the same function.  But we're in
luck: That fix and your patch applies cleanly on top of each other in
any order.


Bjørn
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