From: Charles Perry <charles.perry@microchip.com>
To: <netdev@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Charles Perry <charles.perry@microchip.com>,
Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>,
Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@kernel.org>,
Conor Dooley <conor+dt@kernel.org>,
Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@microchip.com>,
"Claudiu Beznea" <claudiu.beznea@tuxon.dev>,
<devicetree@vger.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH net-next v2 2/3] net: macb: add safeguards for jumbo frame larger than 10240
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 14:22:01 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260310212202.3991199-3-charles.perry@microchip.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260310212202.3991199-1-charles.perry@microchip.com>
The RX buffers for GEM can have a maximum size of 16320 bytes
(0xff in the RXBS field of the DMACFG register means 255*64 =
16320 bytes).
The GEM IP has configurable maximum jumbo frame length that can go up to
16383. The actual value for this limit can be found in the
"jumbo_max_length" field (bits 0..13) of the DCFG2 register.
Currently, the macb driver doesn't use the DCFG2 register when
determining the max MTU, instead an hardcoded value (jumbo_max_len in
struct macb_config) is used for each platform. Right now the maximum
value for jumbo_max_len is 10240 (0x2800).
GEM uses one buffer per packet which means that one buffer must allow
room for the max MTU plus L2 encapsulation and alignment. This is a
limitation of the driver.
This commit adds a limit to max_mtu and rx_buffer_size so that the RXBS
field can never overflow when a large MTU is used.
With this commit, it is now possible to add new platforms with a
jumbo_max_len of 16383 so that the hardware properties of each IP can be
properly captured in struct macb_config.
Signed-off-by: Charles Perry <charles.perry@microchip.com>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c
index dc661e5a0769..96e15f58e173 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ struct sifive_fu540_macb_mgmt {
#define MACB_RX_BUFFER_SIZE 128
#define RX_BUFFER_MULTIPLE 64 /* bytes */
+#define RX_BUFFER_MAX (0xFF * RX_BUFFER_MULTIPLE) /* 16320 bytes */
#define DEFAULT_RX_RING_SIZE 512 /* must be power of 2 */
#define MIN_RX_RING_SIZE 64
@@ -2393,7 +2394,7 @@ static void macb_init_rx_buffer_size(struct macb *bp, size_t size)
if (!macb_is_gem(bp)) {
bp->rx_buffer_size = MACB_RX_BUFFER_SIZE;
} else {
- bp->rx_buffer_size = size;
+ bp->rx_buffer_size = MIN(size, RX_BUFFER_MAX);
if (bp->rx_buffer_size % RX_BUFFER_MULTIPLE) {
netdev_dbg(bp->dev,
@@ -5588,7 +5589,8 @@ static int macb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
/* MTU range: 68 - 1518 or 10240 */
dev->min_mtu = GEM_MTU_MIN_SIZE;
if ((bp->caps & MACB_CAPS_JUMBO) && bp->jumbo_max_len)
- dev->max_mtu = bp->jumbo_max_len - ETH_HLEN - ETH_FCS_LEN;
+ dev->max_mtu = MIN(bp->jumbo_max_len, RX_BUFFER_MAX) -
+ ETH_HLEN - ETH_FCS_LEN;
else
dev->max_mtu = 1536 - ETH_HLEN - ETH_FCS_LEN;
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-10 21:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-10 21:21 [PATCH net-next v2 0/3] Initial support for PIC64-HPSC/HX Ethernet endpoint Charles Perry
2026-03-10 21:22 ` [PATCH net-next v2 1/3] dt-bindings: net: cdns,macb: add a compatible for Microchip pic64hpsc Charles Perry
2026-03-11 18:27 ` Conor Dooley
2026-03-13 1:49 ` [net-next,v2,1/3] " Jakub Kicinski
2026-03-13 12:52 ` Charles Perry
2026-03-10 21:22 ` Charles Perry [this message]
2026-03-10 21:22 ` [PATCH net-next v2 3/3] net: macb: add support for Microchip pic64hpsc ethernet endpoint Charles Perry
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