Re: [net] Octeontx2-vf: Fix max packet length errors

[Simon Horman]

On Wed, Jul 02, 2025 at 04:35:18PM +0530, Hariprasad Kelam wrote:
> Implement packet length validation before submitting packets to
> the hardware to prevent MAXLEN_ERR.
> 
> Fixes: 3184fb5ba96e ("octeontx2-vf: Virtual function driver support")
> Signed-off-by: Hariprasad Kelam <hkelam@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_vf.c | 7 +++++++
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_vf.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_vf.c
> index 8a8b598bd389..766237cd86c3 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_vf.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_vf.c
> @@ -394,6 +394,13 @@ static netdev_tx_t otx2vf_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
>  	struct otx2_snd_queue *sq;
>  	struct netdev_queue *txq;
>  
> +	/* Check for minimum and maximum packet length */
> +	if (skb->len <= ETH_HLEN ||
> +	    (!skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size && skb->len > vf->tx_max_pktlen)) {
> +		dev_kfree_skb(skb);
> +		return NETDEV_TX_OK;
> +	}

Hi Hariprasad,

I see the same check in otx2_xmit().
But I wonder if in that case and this one the rx drop counter for the
netdev should be incremented.

Also, do you need this check in rvu_rep_xmit() too?

> +
>  	sq = &vf->qset.sq[qidx];
>  	txq = netdev_get_tx_queue(netdev, qidx);
>  
> -- 
> 2.34.1
> 
>