netdev - [PATCH net-next,1/2] hyperv: Add a check for ring

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Date:	Wed, 25 Jul 2012 11:08:41 -0700
From:	Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>
To:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	haiyangz@...rosoft.com, kys@...rosoft.com, olaf@...fle.de,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, devel@...uxdriverproject.org
Subject: [PATCH net-next,1/2] hyperv: Add a check for ring_size value

It prevents ring_size being set to a too small value.

Reported-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>
Reviewed-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>
---
 drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c |    7 ++++++-
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
index 8e23c08..8c5a1c4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ struct net_device_context {
 	struct work_struct work;
 };
 
-
+#define RING_SIZE_MIN 64
 static int ring_size = 128;
 module_param(ring_size, int, S_IRUGO);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(ring_size, "Ring buffer size (# of pages)");
@@ -518,6 +518,11 @@ static void __exit netvsc_drv_exit(void)
 
 static int __init netvsc_drv_init(void)
 {
+	if (ring_size < RING_SIZE_MIN) {
+		ring_size = RING_SIZE_MIN;
+		pr_info("Increased ring_size to %d (min allowed)\n",
+			ring_size);
+	}
 	return vmbus_driver_register(&netvsc_drv);
 }
 
-- 
1.7.4.1

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