[PATCH net-next] hyperv: Change the receive buffer size for legacy hosts

From: Haiyang Zhang
Date: Sun Mar 09 2014 - 18:18:39 EST


Due to a bug in the Hyper-V host verion 2008R2, we need to use a slightly smaller
receive buffer size, otherwise the buffer will not be accepted by the legacy hosts.

Signed-off-by: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/hyperv/hyperv_net.h | 1 +
drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc.c | 6 +++++-
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/hyperv/hyperv_net.h b/drivers/net/hyperv/hyperv_net.h
index 39fc230..ea5f182 100644
--- a/drivers/net/hyperv/hyperv_net.h
+++ b/drivers/net/hyperv/hyperv_net.h
@@ -516,6 +516,7 @@ struct nvsp_message {
#define NETVSC_MTU 65536

#define NETVSC_RECEIVE_BUFFER_SIZE (1024*1024*16) /* 16MB */
+#define NETVSC_RECEIVE_BUFFER_SIZE_LEGACY (1024*1024*15) /* 15MB */

#define NETVSC_RECEIVE_BUFFER_ID 0xcafe

diff --git a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc.c b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc.c
index 1a0280d..daddea2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc.c
@@ -365,6 +365,11 @@ static int netvsc_connect_vsp(struct hv_device *device)
goto cleanup;

/* Post the big receive buffer to NetVSP */
+ if (net_device->nvsp_version <= NVSP_PROTOCOL_VERSION_2)
+ net_device->recv_buf_size = NETVSC_RECEIVE_BUFFER_SIZE_LEGACY;
+ else
+ net_device->recv_buf_size = NETVSC_RECEIVE_BUFFER_SIZE;
+
ret = netvsc_init_recv_buf(device);

cleanup:
@@ -898,7 +903,6 @@ int netvsc_device_add(struct hv_device *device, void *additional_info)
ndev = net_device->ndev;

/* Initialize the NetVSC channel extension */
- net_device->recv_buf_size = NETVSC_RECEIVE_BUFFER_SIZE;
spin_lock_init(&net_device->recv_pkt_list_lock);

INIT_LIST_HEAD(&net_device->recv_pkt_list);
--
1.7.4.1

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