Re: [PATCH net] amd-xgbe: Fix jumbo MTU processing on newer hardware

[David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>]

From: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2017 17:52:44 -0500

> On 3/15/2017 5:41 PM, David Miller wrote:
>> From: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
>> Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2017 17:40:51 -0500
>>
>>> On 3/15/2017 5:37 PM, David Miller wrote:
>>>> From: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
>>>> Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2017 15:11:23 -0500
>>>>
>>>>> Newer hardware does not provide a cumulative payload length when
>>>>> multiple
>>>>> descriptors are needed to handle the data. Once the MTU increases
>>>>> beyond
>>>>> the size that can be handled by a single descriptor, the SKB does not
>>>>> get
>>>>> built properly by the driver.
>>>>>
>>>>> The driver will now calculate the size of the data buffers used by the
>>>>> hardware.  The first buffer of the first descriptor is for packet
>>>>> headers
>>>>> or packet headers and data when the headers can't be split. Subsequent
>>>>> descriptors in a multi-descriptor chain will not use the first
>>>>> buffer. The
>>>>> second buffer is used by all the descriptors in the chain for payload
>>>>> data.
>>>>> Based on whether the driver is processing the first, intermediate, or
>>>>> last
>>>>> descriptor it can calculate the buffer usage and build the SKB
>>>>> properly.
>>>>>
>>>>> Tested and verified on both old and new hardware.
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
>>>>
>>>> Applied, thanks Tom.
>>>
>>> Thanks David.  This is another patch for 4.10 stable. Can you please
>>> queue it up?
>>
>> Can you properly state this in your patch postings, instead of always
>> mentioning it later?
>>
> 
> Sorry, yes, I can do that.  I didn't realize you preferred it that
> way.
> Do you want the "Cc" tag to stable included in the patch or just
> mention the stable targets in the patch description?  I know you
> coordinate the stable submissions and I don't want to mess anything
> up.

Just put a note after a "---" delimiter, requesting that I queue it up
for -stable.

Thanks.