netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2] 8139too: Allow setting MTU larger than 1500

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Message-ID: <1416710574.7215.32.camel@decadent.org.uk>
Date:	Sun, 23 Nov 2014 02:42:54 +0000
From:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:	Alban <albeu@...e.fr>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
	Benoit Taine <benoit.taine@...6.fr>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] 8139too: Allow setting MTU larger than 1500

On Fri, 2014-11-21 at 19:57 +0100, Alban wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Nov 2014 18:51:51 +0000
> Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk> wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 2014-11-21 at 14:58 +0100, Alban wrote:
> > > On Fri, 21 Nov 2014 00:34:34 +0000
> > > Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > On Sat, 2014-11-08 at 12:48 +0100, Alban Bedel wrote:
> > > > > Replace the default ndo_change_mtu callback with one that allow
> > > > > setting MTU that the driver can handle.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Alban Bedel <albeu@...e.fr>
> > > > > ---
> > > > >  drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/8139too.c | 13 ++++++++++++-
> > > > >  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > > > 
> > > > > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/8139too.c
> > > > > b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/8139too.c index 007b38c..8387de9
> > > > > 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/8139too.c
> > > > > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/8139too.c
> > > > > @@ -185,6 +185,9 @@ static int debug = -1;
> > > > >  /* max supported ethernet frame size -- must be at least
> > > > > (dev->mtu+14+4).*/ #define MAX_ETH_FRAME_SIZE	1536
> > > > >  
> > > > > +/* max supported payload size */
> > > > > +#define MAX_ETH_DATA_SIZE	(MAX_ETH_FRAME_SIZE -
> > > > > ETH_HLEN - ETH_FCS_LEN)
> > > > [...]
> > > > 
> > > > Does this maximum still allow for VLAN tags, or should it use
> > > > VLAN_ETH_HLEN instead of ETH_HLEN?
> > > 
> > > That might well be as the VLAN code seems to assume that the
> > > physical device can handle frames of MTU + VLAN_HLEN bytes. I can
> > > fix it, but to me it seems like the VLAN code should be fixed to
> > > respect the physical device MTU.
> > 
> > Drivers that support VLANs have to allow for at least one VLAN tag
> > when validating the MTU.  This is obviously broken for multiple
> > layers of VLAN tags, but those are the semantics we're stuck with.
> 
> Ok, I see. Should a I send a fix patch or redo a new version of this
> patch?

As your previous patches have already been applied, you'll need to send
a fix patch (if the answer to my question was no).

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Never put off till tomorrow what you can avoid all together.

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