Re: [PATCH -next 2/2] virtio_net: Read the advised MTU

From: Michael S. Tsirkin
Date: Thu Jun 02 2016 - 12:17:07 EST


On Thu, Jun 02, 2016 at 11:43:31AM -0400, Aaron Conole wrote:
> This patch checks the feature bit for the VIRTIO_NET_F_MTU feature. If it
> exists, read the advised MTU and use it.
>
> No proper error handling is provided for the case where a user changes the
> negotiated MTU. A future commit will add proper error handling. Instead, a
> warning is emitted if the guest changes the device MTU after previously
> being given advice.

I don't see a warning and I don't think it's needed.
Patch is ok commit log isn't.

> Signed-off-by: Aaron Conole <aconole@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 7 +++++++
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> index e0638e5..ef5ee01 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> @@ -1896,6 +1896,12 @@ static int virtnet_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
> if (virtio_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VQ))
> vi->has_cvq = true;
>
> + if (virtio_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_NET_F_MTU)) {
> + dev->mtu = virtio_cread16(vdev,
> + offsetof(struct virtio_net_config,
> + mtu));
> + }
> +
> if (vi->any_header_sg)
> dev->needed_headroom = vi->hdr_len;
>
> @@ -2067,6 +2073,7 @@ static unsigned int features[] = {
> VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_ANNOUNCE, VIRTIO_NET_F_MQ,
> VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_MAC_ADDR,
> VIRTIO_F_ANY_LAYOUT,
> + VIRTIO_NET_F_MTU,
> };
>
> static struct virtio_driver virtio_net_driver = {
> --
> 2.5.5