netdev - [RESEND][NET-NEXT PATCH 07/29] ixgbe: limit small mtu to minimum for ipv4 support

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Message-ID: <20080912025617.6234.35543.stgit@jtkirshe-mobile.jf.intel.com>
Date:	Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:56:28 -0700
From:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:	jeff@...zik.org
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>,
	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Subject: [RESEND][NET-NEXT PATCH 07/29] ixgbe: limit small mtu to minimum for
	ipv4 support

From: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>

Signed-off-by: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
---

 drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c |    4 ++--
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index cfaa3ca..2c8895e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -2839,8 +2839,8 @@ static int ixgbe_change_mtu(struct net_device *netdev, int new_mtu)
 	struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
 	int max_frame = new_mtu + ETH_HLEN + ETH_FCS_LEN;
 
-	if ((max_frame < (ETH_ZLEN + ETH_FCS_LEN)) ||
-	    (max_frame > IXGBE_MAX_JUMBO_FRAME_SIZE))
+	/* MTU < 68 is an error and causes problems on some kernels */
+	if ((new_mtu < 68) || (max_frame > IXGBE_MAX_JUMBO_FRAME_SIZE))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	DPRINTK(PROBE, INFO, "changing MTU from %d to %d\n",

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