Re: [PATCH] sky2: jumbo frame regression fix

From: Jeff Garzik
Date: Tue Oct 02 2007 - 21:07:43 EST


Stephen Hemminger wrote:
Remove unneeded check that caused problems with jumbo frame sizes.
The check was recently added and is wrong.
When using jumbo frames the sky2 driver does fragmentation, so
rx_data_size is less than mtu.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

--- a/drivers/net/sky2.c 2007-10-02 17:56:31.000000000 -0700
+++ b/drivers/net/sky2.c 2007-10-02 17:58:56.000000000 -0700
@@ -2163,9 +2163,6 @@ static struct sk_buff *sky2_receive(stru
sky2->rx_next = (sky2->rx_next + 1) % sky2->rx_pending;
prefetch(sky2->rx_ring + sky2->rx_next);
- if (length < ETH_ZLEN || length > sky2->rx_data_size)
- goto len_error;
-

2.6.23? 2.6.24? enquiring minds want to know...


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