When VIRTIO_NET_F_MTU feature is not negotiated, we assume a very large max_mtu. In this case, using small packet mode is not correct since it may breaks the networking when MTU is grater than ETH_DATA_LEN.
To have a quick fix, simply enable the big packet mode when VIRTIO_NET_F_MTU is not negotiated. We can do optimization on top. Reported-by: Eli Cohen <[email protected]> Cc: Eli Cohen <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <[email protected]> --- drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c index 7c43bfc1ce44..83ae3ef5eb11 100644 --- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c +++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c @@ -3200,11 +3200,12 @@ static int virtnet_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev) dev->mtu = mtu; dev->max_mtu = mtu; - /* TODO: size buffers correctly in this case. */ - if (dev->mtu > ETH_DATA_LEN) - vi->big_packets = true; } + /* TODO: size buffers correctly in this case. */ + if (dev->max_mtu > ETH_DATA_LEN) + vi->big_packets = true; + if (vi->any_header_sg) dev->needed_headroom = vi->hdr_len; -- 2.25.1 _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list [email protected] https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization
