netdev - Re: [PATCH net] vmxnet3: fix tx data ring copy for variable size

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Date:   Fri, 19 Aug 2016 22:44:53 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     skhare@...are.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        pv-drivers@...are.com, gyang@...are.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] vmxnet3: fix tx data ring copy for variable size

From: Shrikrishna Khare <skhare@...are.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2016 10:33:42 -0700

> 'Commit 3c8b3efc061a ("vmxnet3: allow variable length transmit data ring
> buffer")' changed the size of the buffers in the tx data ring from a
> fixed size of 128 bytes to a variable size.
> 
> However, while copying data to the data ring, vmxnet3_copy_hdr continues
> to carry the old code that assumes fixed buffer size of 128. This patch
> fixes it by adding correct offset based on the actual data ring buffer
> size.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Guolin Yang <gyang@...are.com>
> Signed-off-by: Shrikrishna Khare <skhare@...are.com>

Applied.