[PATCH v2 3/4] can: populate the minimum and maximum MTU values

From: Vincent Mailhol

Date: Tue Sep 23 2025 - 00:53:33 EST


By populating:

net_device->min_mtu

and

net_device->max_mtu

the net core infrastructure will automatically:

1. validate that the user's inputs are in range.

2. report those min and max MTU values through the netlink
interface.

Add can_set_default_mtu() which sets the default mtu value as well as
the minimum and maximum values. The logic for the default mtu value
remains unchanged:

- CANFD_MTU if the device has a static CAN_CTRLMODE_FD.

- CAN_MTU otherwise.

Call can_set_default_mtu() each time the CAN_CTRLMODE_FD is modified.
This will guarantee that the MTU value is always consistent with the
control mode flags.

With this, the checks done in can_change_mtu() become fully redundant
and will be removed in an upcoming change and it is now possible to
confirm the minimum and maximum MTU values on a physical CAN interface
by doing:

$ ip --details link show can0

The virtual interfaces (vcan and vxcan) are not impacted by this
change.

Signed-off-by: Vincent Mailhol <mailhol@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
With this, when adding the CAN XL netlink interface, all we have to do
is to add one if branch to can_set_default_mtu() like this:

void can_set_default_mtu(struct net_device *dev)
{
struct can_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);

if (priv->ctrlmode & CAN_CTRLMODE_XL) {
if (can_is_canxl_dev_mtu(dev->mtu))
return;
dev->mtu = CANXL_MTU;
dev->min_mtu = CANXL_MIN_MTU;
dev->max_mtu = CANXL_MAX_MTU;
} else if (priv->ctrlmode & CAN_CTRLMODE_FD) {
dev->mtu = CANFD_MTU;
dev->min_mtu = CANFD_MTU;
dev->max_mtu = CANFD_MTU;
} else {
dev->mtu = CAN_MTU;
dev->min_mtu = CAN_MTU;
dev->max_mtu = CAN_MTU;
}
}

and we will be done!
---
drivers/net/can/dev/dev.c | 21 ++++++++++++++++++---
drivers/net/can/dev/netlink.c | 9 ++++-----
include/linux/can/dev.h | 1 +
3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/can/dev/dev.c b/drivers/net/can/dev/dev.c
index a0ae659beedcd1fa0979662c12614ae7846032c0..69c00720e9956cad986ea86fbba49285d76f51db 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/dev/dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/dev/dev.c
@@ -239,11 +239,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(can_bus_off);
void can_setup(struct net_device *dev)
{
dev->type = ARPHRD_CAN;
- dev->mtu = CAN_MTU;
dev->hard_header_len = 0;
dev->addr_len = 0;
dev->tx_queue_len = 10;

+ can_set_default_mtu(dev);
+
/* New-style flags. */
dev->flags = IFF_NOARP;
dev->features = NETIF_F_HW_CSUM;
@@ -309,6 +310,21 @@ void free_candev(struct net_device *dev)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(free_candev);

+void can_set_default_mtu(struct net_device *dev)
+{
+ struct can_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
+
+ if (priv->ctrlmode & CAN_CTRLMODE_FD) {
+ dev->mtu = CANFD_MTU;
+ dev->min_mtu = CANFD_MTU;
+ dev->max_mtu = CANFD_MTU;
+ } else {
+ dev->mtu = CAN_MTU;
+ dev->min_mtu = CAN_MTU;
+ dev->max_mtu = CAN_MTU;
+ }
+}
+
/* changing MTU and control mode for CAN/CANFD devices */
int can_change_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int new_mtu)
{
@@ -361,8 +377,7 @@ int can_set_static_ctrlmode(struct net_device *dev, u32 static_mode)
priv->ctrlmode = static_mode;

/* override MTU which was set by default in can_setup()? */
- if (static_mode & CAN_CTRLMODE_FD)
- dev->mtu = CANFD_MTU;
+ can_set_default_mtu(dev);

return 0;
}
diff --git a/drivers/net/can/dev/netlink.c b/drivers/net/can/dev/netlink.c
index d9f6ab3efb9767409c318b714f19df8a30e51137..248f607e3864ffbda6f0b8daf4e2484179cf9cd5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/dev/netlink.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/dev/netlink.c
@@ -223,17 +223,16 @@ static int can_changelink(struct net_device *dev, struct nlattr *tb[],
priv->ctrlmode &= ~cm->mask;
priv->ctrlmode |= maskedflags;

- /* CAN_CTRLMODE_FD can only be set when driver supports FD */
- if (priv->ctrlmode & CAN_CTRLMODE_FD) {
- dev->mtu = CANFD_MTU;
- } else {
- dev->mtu = CAN_MTU;
+ /* Wipe potential leftovers from previous CAN FD config */
+ if (!(priv->ctrlmode & CAN_CTRLMODE_FD)) {
memset(&priv->fd.data_bittiming, 0,
sizeof(priv->fd.data_bittiming));
priv->ctrlmode &= ~CAN_CTRLMODE_FD_TDC_MASK;
memset(&priv->fd.tdc, 0, sizeof(priv->fd.tdc));
}

+ can_set_default_mtu(dev);
+
fd_tdc_flag_provided = cm->mask & CAN_CTRLMODE_FD_TDC_MASK;
/* CAN_CTRLMODE_TDC_{AUTO,MANUAL} are mutually
* exclusive: make sure to turn the other one off
diff --git a/include/linux/can/dev.h b/include/linux/can/dev.h
index 5dc58360c2d74a1711d4e02d28fe52ae20b146e0..3354f70ed2c684d7d482549560d4cb5838cbebd5 100644
--- a/include/linux/can/dev.h
+++ b/include/linux/can/dev.h
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ struct can_priv *safe_candev_priv(struct net_device *dev);

int open_candev(struct net_device *dev);
void close_candev(struct net_device *dev);
+void can_set_default_mtu(struct net_device *dev);
int can_change_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int new_mtu);
int __must_check can_set_static_ctrlmode(struct net_device *dev,
u32 static_mode);

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2.49.1