[PATCH net-next 3/4] net: macb: add safeguards for jumbo frame larger than 10240

From: Charles Perry

Date: Tue Mar 03 2026 - 13:06:50 EST


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 "jumbo_max_length" field (bits 0..13) of the DCFG2 register
can take a value of up to 16383 (0x3FFF). This field is not used
when determining the max MTU, instead an hardcoded value
(jumbo_max_len) 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 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 that
have their gem_jumbo_max_length set to 16383.

Signed-off-by: Charles Perry <charles.perry@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
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 c39a5a1e5732..cc48fd494458 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
@@ -2387,7 +2388,7 @@ 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,
@@ -5582,7 +5583,8 @@ 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;

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