[PATCH net v2 5/6] net: stmmac: size the RX buffers from the frame length, not the MTU
From: Maxime Chevallier
Date: Thu Sep 10 2026 - 11:34:47 EST
When picking the buffsize to use based on the MTU, we shouldn't check
only the MTU value, but also :
- ETH_HLEN for the L2 header,
- up to 2 VLAN tags,
- the FCS,
- the NET_IP_ALIGN
The default bufsize is 1536 bytes, which is enough to contain all the
above so this hasn't surfaced before, but the addition of NET_IP_ALIGN
to the start of buffer address tripped the Jumbo selftest, leading to
this discovery.
With that, we don't need the '>=' checks on the buffer len, we can use
more consistent comparison operators in stmmac_set_bfsize.
Fixes: 286a83721720 ("stmmac: add CHAINED descriptor mode support (V4)")
Signed-off-by: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
.../net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c | 20 ++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index 5fe7e95fdd34..3664a298574a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -1536,17 +1536,17 @@ static unsigned int stmmac_rx_offset(struct stmmac_priv *priv)
return NET_SKB_PAD + NET_IP_ALIGN;
}
-static int stmmac_set_bfsize(int mtu)
+static int stmmac_set_bfsize(int len)
{
int ret;
- if (mtu >= BUF_SIZE_8KiB)
+ if (len > BUF_SIZE_8KiB)
ret = BUF_SIZE_16KiB;
- else if (mtu >= BUF_SIZE_4KiB)
+ else if (len > BUF_SIZE_4KiB)
ret = BUF_SIZE_8KiB;
- else if (mtu >= BUF_SIZE_2KiB)
+ else if (len > BUF_SIZE_2KiB)
ret = BUF_SIZE_4KiB;
- else if (mtu > DEFAULT_BUFSIZE)
+ else if (len > DEFAULT_BUFSIZE)
ret = BUF_SIZE_2KiB;
else
ret = DEFAULT_BUFSIZE;
@@ -4063,7 +4063,7 @@ static struct stmmac_dma_conf *
stmmac_setup_dma_desc(struct stmmac_priv *priv, unsigned int mtu)
{
struct stmmac_dma_conf *dma_conf;
- int bfsize, ret;
+ int bfsize, len, ret;
u8 chan;
dma_conf = kzalloc_obj(*dma_conf);
@@ -4073,13 +4073,15 @@ stmmac_setup_dma_desc(struct stmmac_priv *priv, unsigned int mtu)
return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
}
- /* Returns 0 or BUF_SIZE_16KiB if mtu > 8KiB and dwmac4 or ring mode */
- bfsize = stmmac_set_16kib_bfsize(priv, mtu);
+ len = mtu + ETH_HLEN + 2 * VLAN_HLEN + ETH_FCS_LEN + NET_IP_ALIGN;
+
+ /* Returns 0 or BUF_SIZE_16KiB if len > 8KiB and dwmac4 or ring mode */
+ bfsize = stmmac_set_16kib_bfsize(priv, len);
if (bfsize < 0)
bfsize = 0;
if (bfsize < BUF_SIZE_16KiB)
- bfsize = stmmac_set_bfsize(mtu);
+ bfsize = stmmac_set_bfsize(len);
dma_conf->dma_buf_sz = bfsize;
/* Chose the tx/rx size from the already defined one in the
--
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