Re: [PATCH net-next v5 1/2] net: mana: Handle SKB if TX SGEs exceed hardware limit

Eric Dumazet
2025-11-14T21:27:07Z

On Fri, Nov 14, 2025 at 1:19 PM Aditya Garg
<gargaditya@linux.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> The MANA hardware supports a maximum of 30 scatter-gather entries (SGEs)
> per TX WQE. Exceeding this limit can cause TX failures.
> Add ndo_features_check() callback to validate SKB layout before
> transmission. For GSO SKBs that would exceed the hardware SGE limit, clear
> NETIF_F_GSO_MASK to enforce software segmentation in the stack.
> Add a fallback in mana_start_xmit() to linearize non-GSO SKBs that still
> exceed the SGE limit.
>
> Also, Add ethtool counter for SKBs linearized
>
> Co-developed-by: Dipayaan Roy <dipayanroy@linux.microsoft.com>
> Signed-off-by: Dipayaan Roy <dipayanroy@linux.microsoft.com>
> Signed-off-by: Aditya Garg <gargaditya@linux.microsoft.com>

Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>