netdev - Re: [PATCH] erspan: remove the incorrect mtu limit for erspan

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Date:   Mon, 30 Sep 2019 11:11:07 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     yanhaishuang@...s.chinamobile.com
Cc:     u9012063@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] erspan: remove the incorrect mtu limit for erspan

From: Haishuang Yan <yanhaishuang@...s.chinamobile.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 14:58:20 +0800

> erspan driver calls ether_setup(), after commit 61e84623ace3
> ("net: centralize net_device min/max MTU checking"), the range
> of mtu is [min_mtu, max_mtu], which is [68, 1500] by default.
> 
> It causes the dev mtu of the erspan device to not be greater
> than 1500, this limit value is not correct for ipgre tap device.
> 
> Tested:
> Before patch:
> # ip link set erspan0 mtu 1600
> Error: mtu greater than device maximum.
> After patch:
> # ip link set erspan0 mtu 1600
> # ip -d link show erspan0
> 21: erspan0@...E: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1600 qdisc noop state DOWN
> mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
>     link/ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff promiscuity 0 minmtu 68 maxmtu 0
> 
> Fixes: 61e84623ace3 ("net: centralize net_device min/max MTU checking")
> Signed-off-by: Haishuang Yan <yanhaishuang@...s.chinamobile.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable.