linux-kernel - [PATCH net v2] vmxnet3: update MTU after device quiesce

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Message-ID: <20250515190457.8597-1-ronak.doshi@broadcom.com>
Date: Thu, 15 May 2025 19:04:56 +0000
From: Ronak Doshi <ronak.doshi@...adcom.com>
To: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Ronak Doshi <ronak.doshi@...adcom.com>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org,
	Guolin Yang <guolin.yang@...adcom.com>,
	Broadcom internal kernel review list <bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com>,
	Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Ronghua Zhang <ronghua@...are.com>,
	Shreyas Bhatewara <sbhatewara@...are.com>,
	Bhavesh Davda <bhavesh@...are.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org (open list)
Subject: [PATCH net v2] vmxnet3: update MTU after device quiesce

Currently, when device mtu is updated, vmxnet3 updates netdev mtu, quiesces
the device and then reactivates it for the ESXi to know about the new mtu.
So, technically the OS stack can start using the new mtu before ESXi knows
about the new mtu.

This can lead to issues for TSO packets which use mss as per the new mtu
configured. This patch fixes this issue by moving the mtu write after
device quiesce.

Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Fixes: d1a890fa37f2 ("net: VMware virtual Ethernet NIC driver: vmxnet3")
Signed-off-by: Ronak Doshi <ronak.doshi@...adcom.com>
Acked-by: Guolin Yang <guolin.yang@...adcom.com>
Changes v1-> v2:
  Moved MTU write after destroy of rx rings
---
 drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c
index 3df6aabc7e33..c676979c7ab9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c
@@ -3607,8 +3607,6 @@ vmxnet3_change_mtu(struct net_device *netdev, int new_mtu)
 	struct vmxnet3_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
 	int err = 0;
 
-	WRITE_ONCE(netdev->mtu, new_mtu);
-
 	/*
 	 * Reset_work may be in the middle of resetting the device, wait for its
 	 * completion.
@@ -3622,6 +3620,7 @@ vmxnet3_change_mtu(struct net_device *netdev, int new_mtu)
 
 		/* we need to re-create the rx queue based on the new mtu */
 		vmxnet3_rq_destroy_all(adapter);
+		WRITE_ONCE(netdev->mtu, new_mtu);
 		vmxnet3_adjust_rx_ring_size(adapter);
 		err = vmxnet3_rq_create_all(adapter);
 		if (err) {
@@ -3638,6 +3637,8 @@ vmxnet3_change_mtu(struct net_device *netdev, int new_mtu)
 				   "Closing it\n", err);
 			goto out;
 		}
+	} else {
+		WRITE_ONCE(netdev->mtu, new_mtu);
 	}
 
 out:
-- 
2.45.2