[PATCH net-next v2 3/4] ibmvnic: Pad small packets to minimum MTU size

[Thomas Falcon <tlfalcon@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

Some backing devices cannot handle small packets well,
so pad any small packets to avoid that. It was recommended
that the VNIC driver should not send packets smaller than the
minimum MTU value provided by firmware, so pad small packets
to be at least that long.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Falcon <tlfalcon@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
v2: Fix up unneeded brackets
 drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
index 14f0081..7ed87fb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
@@ -1340,6 +1340,19 @@ static void build_hdr_descs_arr(struct ibmvnic_tx_buff *txbuff,
 			 txbuff->indir_arr + 1);
 }
 
+static int ibmvnic_xmit_workarounds(struct sk_buff *skb,
+				    struct net_device *netdev)
+{
+	/* For some backing devices, mishandling of small packets
+	 * can result in a loss of connection or TX stall. Device
+	 * architects recommend that no packet should be smaller
+	 * than the minimum MTU value provided to the driver, so
+	 * pad any packets to that length
+	 */
+	if (skb->len < netdev->min_mtu)
+		return skb_put_padto(skb, netdev->min_mtu);
+}
+
 static int ibmvnic_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
 {
 	struct ibmvnic_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
@@ -1377,6 +1390,13 @@ static int ibmvnic_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	if (ibmvnic_xmit_workarounds(skb, adapter)) {
+		tx_dropped++;
+		tx_send_failed++;
+		ret = NETDEV_TX_OK;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	tx_pool = &adapter->tx_pool[queue_num];
 	tx_scrq = adapter->tx_scrq[queue_num];
 	txq = netdev_get_tx_queue(netdev, skb_get_queue_mapping(skb));
-- 
2.7.5