[PATCH net-next 2/3] be2net: Pad skb to meet min Tx pkt size in lancer
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From: Somnath Kotur <hidden>
Date: 2013-05-27 07:09:53
Subsystem:
emulex 10gbps nic be2, be3-r, lancer, skyhawk-r driver (be2net), networking drivers, the rest · Maintainers:
Ajit Khaparde, Sriharsha Basavapatna, Andrew Lunn, "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Linus Torvalds
In Lancer, packets that are 32 bytes or less may cause a transmit stall. The work-around is to pad such packets to a 36 byte length. Signed-off-by: Kalesh AP <redacted> Signed-off-by: Somnath Kotur <redacted> --- drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c | 10 ++++++++++ 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
index 0f21c35..a1b9474 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c@@ -856,6 +856,16 @@ static struct sk_buff *be_xmit_workarounds(struct be_adapter *adapter, unsigned int eth_hdr_len; struct iphdr *ip; + /* Lancer ASIC has a bug wherein packets that are 32 bytes or less + * may cause a transmit stall on that port. So the work-around is to + * pad such packets to a 36-byte length. + */ + if (unlikely(lancer_chip(adapter) && skb->len <= 32)) { + if (skb_padto(skb, 36)) + goto tx_drop; + skb->len = 36; + } + /* For padded packets, BE HW modifies tot_len field in IP header * incorrecly when VLAN tag is inserted by HW. */
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