linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 iwl-net] i40e: Prevent setting MTU if greater than MFS

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Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 10:17:54 +0100
From: Erwan Velu <e.velu@...teo.com>
To: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>, Brett Creeley
 <bcreeley@....com>, Erwan Velu <erwanaliasr1@...il.com>
Cc: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>,
 "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
 Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
 intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 iwl-net] i40e: Prevent setting MTU if greater than MFS

Le 14/03/2024 à 21:31, Tony Nguyen a écrit :
> [..]
> Setting the mfs size to max values during init and reset would better; 
> this is what the ice driver does. However, this would take 
> implementing new AdminQ calls. IMO this patch is ok to prevent the 
> issue being reported and allow for ease of backport.
>
That was my first intention, ensure that no one else get stuck in the 
same situation.

It would be nice to backport it to all stable releases once merged.

Erwan,