netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 6/6] i40e: Log error for oversized MTU on device

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Date:   Wed, 3 Feb 2021 10:37:39 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     "Loktionov, Aleksandr" <aleksandr.loktionov@...el.com>
Cc:     "Nguyen, Anthony L" <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "Rybak, Eryk Roch" <eryk.roch.rybak@...el.com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "sassmann@...hat.com" <sassmann@...hat.com>,
        "Topel, Bjorn" <bjorn.topel@...el.com>,
        "Fijalkowski, Maciej" <maciej.fijalkowski@...el.com>,
        "Karlsson, Magnus" <magnus.karlsson@...el.com>,
        "Bhandare, KiranX" <kiranx.bhandare@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 6/6] i40e: Log error for oversized MTU on
 device

On Wed, 3 Feb 2021 09:14:24 +0000 Loktionov, Aleksandr wrote:
> Good day Jakub

Please don't top post.

> We want to be user friendly to help users troubleshoot faster.
> Only dmesg message can have template parameters so we can provide
> exact acceptable maximum bytes. Can you could you take this into
> account?

I was making the same exact point when adding the message for NFP
years ago and it was shot down :)

Today upstream is getting close to removing the page-per-packet
requirement, so this will hopefully become irrelevant soon. Maciej
should have the details on that, he seems to be keeping up the most
with upstream in ITP.