netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 2/4] mlx4: xdp: Allow raising MTU up to one page minus eth and vlan hdrs

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Date:   Fri, 02 Dec 2016 19:59:28 -0800
From:   Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:     Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com>
Cc:     Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Brenden Blanco <bblanco@...mgrid.com>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>,
        Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...lanox.com>,
        Kernel Team <kernel-team@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/4] mlx4: xdp: Allow raising MTU up to one
 page minus eth and vlan hdrs

On Fri, 2016-12-02 at 19:42 -0800, Martin KaFai Lau wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 02, 2016 at 06:15:26PM -0800, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> > My question was more like :
> >
> > Can we double check all these patches wont break mlx4 driver (non XDP
> > path) on arches with PAGE_SIZE=64KB.
> The page/pkt requirement is not added by this patch.  The earlier
> XDP patch series has already ensured this page/pkt requirement
> is effective only when XDP prog is attached.
> 
> In the earlier XDP patches, MTU is limited to 1514 when
> XDP is ative.   This patch is to allow fully use of the
> page for a packet (and also only matter when XDP is active).

OK, thanks for the clarification.