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authorKohei Enju <kohei@enjuk.jp>2026-02-10 15:57:14 +0000
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2026-03-13 17:20:42 +0100
commit3dfab6040c10eff72a1e8dfd53ff60205bcd0378 (patch)
tree275ff0d0f04bf0be50efe54ff61b8a96184d313f
parent27e9019fe1993b1928a4bd7a1fa18691e58feff0 (diff)
iavf: fix netdev->max_mtu to respect actual hardware limit
[ Upstream commit b84852170153671bb0fa6737a6e48370addd8e1a ] iavf sets LIBIE_MAX_MTU as netdev->max_mtu, ignoring vf_res->max_mtu from PF [1]. This allows setting an MTU beyond the actual hardware limit, causing TX queue timeouts [2]. Set correct netdev->max_mtu using vf_res->max_mtu from the PF. Note that currently PF drivers such as ice/i40e set the frame size in vf_res->max_mtu, not MTU. Convert vf_res->max_mtu to MTU before setting netdev->max_mtu. [1] # ip -j -d link show $DEV | jq '.[0].max_mtu' 16356 [2] iavf 0000:00:05.0 enp0s5: NETDEV WATCHDOG: CPU: 1: transmit queue 0 timed out 5692 ms iavf 0000:00:05.0 enp0s5: NIC Link is Up Speed is 10 Gbps Full Duplex iavf 0000:00:05.0 enp0s5: NETDEV WATCHDOG: CPU: 6: transmit queue 3 timed out 5312 ms iavf 0000:00:05.0 enp0s5: NIC Link is Up Speed is 10 Gbps Full Duplex ... Fixes: 5fa4caff59f2 ("iavf: switch to Page Pool") Signed-off-by: Kohei Enju <kohei@enjuk.jp> Reviewed-by: Alexander Lobakin <aleksander.lobakin@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org> Tested-by: Rafal Romanowski <rafal.romanowski@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c17
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c
index 422af897d933..dcd4f172ddc8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c
@@ -2630,7 +2630,22 @@ static void iavf_init_config_adapter(struct iavf_adapter *adapter)
netdev->watchdog_timeo = 5 * HZ;
netdev->min_mtu = ETH_MIN_MTU;
- netdev->max_mtu = LIBIE_MAX_MTU;
+
+ /* PF/VF API: vf_res->max_mtu is max frame size (not MTU).
+ * Convert to MTU.
+ */
+ if (!adapter->vf_res->max_mtu) {
+ netdev->max_mtu = LIBIE_MAX_MTU;
+ } else if (adapter->vf_res->max_mtu < LIBETH_RX_LL_LEN + ETH_MIN_MTU ||
+ adapter->vf_res->max_mtu >
+ LIBETH_RX_LL_LEN + LIBIE_MAX_MTU) {
+ netdev_warn_once(adapter->netdev,
+ "invalid max frame size %d from PF, using default MTU %d",
+ adapter->vf_res->max_mtu, LIBIE_MAX_MTU);
+ netdev->max_mtu = LIBIE_MAX_MTU;
+ } else {
+ netdev->max_mtu = adapter->vf_res->max_mtu - LIBETH_RX_LL_LEN;
+ }
if (!is_valid_ether_addr(adapter->hw.mac.addr)) {
dev_info(&pdev->dev, "Invalid MAC address %pM, using random\n",