linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] net: core: Fix to store new mtu setting in netdevice.

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Date:   Thu, 3 Jan 2019 15:24:48 +0530
From:   Murali Krishna Policharla <murali.policharla@...adcom.com>
To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Cc:     Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>, davem@...emloft.net,
        amritha.nambiar@...el.com, ecree@...arflare.com,
        ktkhai@...tuozzo.com, alexander.h.duyck@...el.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: RE: [PATCH] net: core: Fix to store new mtu setting in netdevice.

> Hi Andrew/Heiner
>
>                                        Thanks for the feedback. This
patch
> fixes a case where ndo_change_mtu function is provided but the callback
> function is not storing mtu to netdevice structure.

> Hi Murali

> At the moment, any driver which implements ndo_change_mtu MUST set
> ndev->mtu. It is a nice clean definition, easy for any driver write to
> understand.

Hi Andrew
                       Since drivers implementing ndo_change_mtu callback
function are following this approach. Will go with the existing approach
and modify the ndo_change_mtu callback function that I will be adding to
store mtu to netdevice structure.

Thanks
Murali