netdev - [PATCH net-next v2 1/3] net: bgmac: Pad packets to a minimum size

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Message-Id: <20171109223449.3012-2-f.fainelli@gmail.com>
Date:   Thu,  9 Nov 2017 14:34:47 -0800
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, andrew@...n.ch,
        vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next v2 1/3] net: bgmac: Pad packets to a minimum size

In preparation for enabling Broadcom tags with b53, pad packets to a
minimum size of 64 bytes (sans FCS) in order for the Broadcom switch to
accept ingressing frames. Without this, we would typically be able to
DHCP, but not resolve with ARP because packets are too small and get
rejected by the switch.

Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac.c | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac.c
index 48d672b204a4..5130fc96940d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac.c
@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ bgmac_dma_tx_add_buf(struct bgmac *bgmac, struct bgmac_dma_ring *ring,
 	dma_desc->ctl1 = cpu_to_le32(ctl1);
 }
 
+#define ENET_BRCM_TAG_LEN	4
+
 static netdev_tx_t bgmac_dma_tx_add(struct bgmac *bgmac,
 				    struct bgmac_dma_ring *ring,
 				    struct sk_buff *skb)
@@ -139,6 +141,16 @@ static netdev_tx_t bgmac_dma_tx_add(struct bgmac *bgmac,
 	u32 flags;
 	int i;
 
+	/* The Ethernet switch we are interfaced with needs packets to be at
+	 * least 64 bytes (including FCS) otherwise they will be discarded when
+	 * they enter the switch port logic. When Broadcom tags are enabled, we
+	 * need to make sure that packets are at least 68 bytes
+	 * (including FCS and tag) because the length verification is done after
+	 * the Broadcom tag is stripped off the ingress packet.
+	 */
+	if (skb_put_padto(skb, ETH_ZLEN + ENET_BRCM_TAG_LEN))
+		goto err_stats;
+
 	if (skb->len > BGMAC_DESC_CTL1_LEN) {
 		netdev_err(bgmac->net_dev, "Too long skb (%d)\n", skb->len);
 		goto err_drop;
@@ -225,6 +237,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t bgmac_dma_tx_add(struct bgmac *bgmac,
 
 err_drop:
 	dev_kfree_skb(skb);
+err_stats:
 	net_dev->stats.tx_dropped++;
 	net_dev->stats.tx_errors++;
 	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
-- 
2.9.3