From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: Michael Chan <michael.chan@broadcom.com>
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org, edumazet@google.com,
pabeni@redhat.com, andrew+netdev@lunn.ch,
pavan.chebbi@broadcom.com, andrew.gospodarek@broadcom.com,
osk@google.com, Kalesh AP <kalesh-anakkur.purayil@broadcom.com>,
Somnath Kotur <somnath.kotur@broadcom.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 1/2] bnxt_en: Mask the bd_cnt field in the TX BD properly
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2025 14:23:30 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250324142330.40ccb557@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CACKFLi=o7Ms7JFFUzTppMpOHB4pVrr5akg2KfdbXGQYU-P+a3g@mail.gmail.com>
On Mon, 24 Mar 2025 14:16:12 -0700 Michael Chan wrote:
> > Could you clarify how this patch improves things, exactly?
> > Patch 2/2 looks like the real fix, silently truncating
> > the number of frags does not seem to make anything correct..
>
> This patch fixes the value 32 because the hardware treats the value 0
> (5 bits of 0) to be 32.
Sorry, must be jetlag.. But your one sentence would be a much better
commit description than what's currently there ;)
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-03-24 21:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-03-21 21:16 [PATCH net 0/2] bnxt_en: Fix MAX_SKB_FRAGS > 30 Michael Chan
2025-03-21 21:16 ` [PATCH net 1/2] bnxt_en: Mask the bd_cnt field in the TX BD properly Michael Chan
2025-03-24 16:50 ` Simon Horman
2025-03-24 21:12 ` Jakub Kicinski
2025-03-24 21:16 ` Michael Chan
2025-03-24 21:23 ` Jakub Kicinski [this message]
2025-03-21 21:16 ` [PATCH net 2/2] bnxt_en: Linearize TX SKB if the fragments exceed the max Michael Chan
2025-03-24 16:51 ` Simon Horman
2025-05-05 15:36 ` Eric Dumazet
2025-05-05 18:34 ` Michael Chan
2025-05-05 18:53 ` Eric Dumazet
2025-03-24 21:30 ` [PATCH net 0/2] bnxt_en: Fix MAX_SKB_FRAGS > 30 patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
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