netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] net: ethernet: octeon_mgmt: Account for second possible VLAN header

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Message-Id: <20191108.111901.1376843696472234934.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Fri, 08 Nov 2019 11:19:01 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     alexander.sverdlin@...ia.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, jarod@...hat.com, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net: ethernet: octeon_mgmt: Account for second
 possible VLAN header

From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2019 11:09:21 -0800 (PST)

> From: "Sverdlin, Alexander (Nokia - DE/Ulm)" <alexander.sverdlin@...ia.com>
> Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2019 10:00:44 +0000
> 
>> From: Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@...ia.com>
>> 
>> Octeon's input ring-buffer entry has 14 bits-wide size field, so to account
>> for second possible VLAN header max_mtu must be further reduced.
>> 
>> Fixes: 109cc16526c6d ("ethernet/cavium: use core min/max MTU checking")
>> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
>> Signed-off-by: Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@...ia.com>
>> ---
>> Changelog:
>> v2: Added "Fixes:" tag, Cc'ed stable
> 
> Networking patches do not CC: stable, as per the Netdev FAQ

Applied with stable CC: removed, and queued up for -stable, thanks.