linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: dsa: vsc73xx: fix MTU configuration

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Date:   Thu, 29 Jun 2023 00:44:42 +0300
From:   Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
To:     Pawel Dembicki <paweldembicki@...il.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: dsa: vsc73xx: fix MTU configuration

On Wed, Jun 28, 2023 at 09:43:27PM +0200, Pawel Dembicki wrote:
> Switch in MAXLEN register stores the maximum size of a data frame.
> The MTU size is 18 bytes smaller than the frame size.
> 
> The current settings are causing problems with packet forwarding.
> This patch fixes the MTU settings to proper values.
> 
> Fixes: fb77ffc6ec86 ("net: dsa: vsc73xx: make the MTU configurable")
> Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
> Signed-off-by: Pawel Dembicki <paweldembicki@...il.com>
> 
> ---
> In my first attempt, I sent it to net-next [0], but I was asked to resend
> it to net.
> 
> [0]https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20230625115343.1603330-7-paweldembicki@gmail.com/

Just like you had marked those earlier patches as "[PATCH net-next]",
this should have also been marked as "[PATCH v2 net]". Patchwork does
complain about that and deduced the wrong tree, but accepted it anyway
and otherwise ran its tests.
https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/netdevbpf/patch/20230628194327.1765644-1-paweldembicki@gmail.com/

I don't believe there is any reason to resend this patch.

Reviewed-by: Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>