Re: [RFC v2 -next 2/2] virtio_net: Read the advised MTU

[Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@cogentembedded.com>]

Hello.

On 3/16/2016 12:04 AM, Aaron Conole wrote:

> This patch checks the feature bit for the VIRTIO_NET_F_MTU feature. If it
> exists, read the advised MTU and use it.
>
> No proper error handling is provided for the case where a user changes the
> negotiated MTU. A future commit will add proper error handling. Instead, a
> warning is emitted if the guest changes the device MTU after previously
> being given advice.
>
> Signed-off-by: Aaron Conole <aconole@bytheb.org>
> ---
> v2:
> * Whitespace cleanup in the last hunk
> * Code style change around the pr_warn
> * Additional test for mtu change before printing warning
>
>   drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 12 ++++++++++++
>   1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> index 767ab11..429fe01 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
[...]
> @@ -1390,8 +1391,11 @@ static const struct ethtool_ops virtnet_ethtool_ops = {
>
>   static int virtnet_change_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int new_mtu)
>   {
> +	struct virtnet_info *vi = netdev_priv(dev);
>   	if (new_mtu < MIN_MTU || new_mtu > MAX_MTU)
>   		return -EINVAL;
> +	if ((vi->negotiated_mtu) && (dev->mtu != new_mtu))

    Inner parens not needed, please be consistent with the code above.

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MBR, Sergei