netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: ethernet: aquantia: set net

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Date:   Wed, 15 Mar 2017 17:31:10 -0400
From:   Jarod Wilson <jarod@...hat.com>
To:     David Arcari <darcari@...hat.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Pavel Belous <Pavel.Belous@...antia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: ethernet: aquantia: set net_device mtu when mtu is
 changed

On 2017-03-13 7:07 PM, David Arcari wrote:
> When the aquantia device mtu is changed the net_device structure is not
> updated.  As a result the ip command does not properly reflect the mtu change.
>
> Commit 5513e16421cb incorrectly assumed that __dev_set_mtu() was making the
> assignment ndev->mtu = new_mtu;  This is not true in the case where the driver
> has a ndo_change_mtu routine.
>
> Fixes: 5513e16421cb ("net: ethernet: aquantia: Fixes for aq_ndev_change_mtu")
>
> Cc: Pavel Belous <Pavel.Belous@...antia.com>
> Signed-off-by: David Arcari <darcari@...hat.com>

Would help if I replied to the proper version of the patch. To 
reiterate, patch looks appropriate and necessary.

Reviewed-by: Jarod Wilson <jarod@...hat.com>

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Jarod Wilson
jarod@...hat.com