netdev - [PATCH net 1/1] qede: Fix internal loopback failure with jumbo mtu configuration

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Date:   Thu, 7 Mar 2019 07:56:35 -0800
From:   Sudarsana Reddy Kalluru <skalluru@...vell.com>
To:     <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:     <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <aelior@...vell.com>,
        <mkalderon@...vell.com>
Subject: [PATCH net 1/1] qede: Fix internal loopback failure with jumbo mtu configuration

Driver uses port-mtu as packet-size for the loopback traffic. This patch
limits the max packet size to 1.5K to avoid data being split over multiple
buffer descriptors (BDs) in cases where MTU > PAGE_SIZE.

Signed-off-by: Sudarsana Reddy Kalluru <skalluru@...vell.com>
Signed-off-by: Ariel Elior <aelior@...vell.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_ethtool.c | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_ethtool.c
index 16331c6..3ec2de4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_ethtool.c
@@ -1654,8 +1654,11 @@ static int qede_selftest_run_loopback(struct qede_dev *edev, u32 loopback_mode)
 	/* Wait for loopback configuration to apply */
 	msleep_interruptible(500);
 
-	/* prepare the loopback packet */
-	pkt_size = edev->ndev->mtu + ETH_HLEN;
+	/* Setting max packet size to 1.5K to avoid data being split over
+	 * multiple BDs in cases where MTU > PAGE_SIZE.
+	 */
+	pkt_size = (((edev->ndev->mtu < ETH_DATA_LEN) ?
+		     edev->ndev->mtu : ETH_DATA_LEN) + ETH_HLEN);
 
 	skb = netdev_alloc_skb(edev->ndev, pkt_size);
 	if (!skb) {
-- 
1.8.3.1