[PATCH v4 0/1] i40e: additional safety check

From: gregory . herrero

Date: Mon Nov 17 2025 - 03:35:00 EST


From: Gregory Herrero <gregory.herrero@xxxxxxxxxx>

On code inspection, I realized we may want to check ring_len parameter
against hardware specific values in i40e_config_vsi_tx_queue() and
i40e_config_vsi_rx_queue().

v4:
- remove u32 cast in i40e_config_vsi_tx_queue() too and don't mention it
anymore in commit description.
- wrap i40e_get_max_num_descriptors() description
v3:
- drop trailing period from the subject
- reword commit description
- remove u32 cast in i40e_config_vsi_rx_queue()
v2:
- make i40e_get_max_num_descriptors() 'pf' argument const.
- reword i40e_get_max_num_descriptors() description.
- modify commit description to explain potential behavior change.

Gregory Herrero (1):
i40e: validate ring_len parameter against hardware-specific values

drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c | 12 ------------
.../net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c | 4 ++--
3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

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