On Sat,  6 May 2023 10:15:29 +0800, Hao Chen <[email protected]> wrote:
> When VIRTIO_NET_F_MTU(3) Device maximum MTU reporting is supported.
> If offered by the device, device advises driver about the value of its
> maximum MTU. If negotiated, the driver uses mtu as the maximum
> MTU value. But there the driver also uses it as default mtu,
> some devices may have a maximum MTU greater than 1500, this may
> cause some large packages to be discarded,

You mean tx packet?

If yes, I do not think this is the problem of driver.

Maybe you should give more details about the discard.

> so I changed the MTU to a more
> general 1500 when 'Device maximum MTU' bigger than 1500.
>
> Signed-off-by: Hao Chen <[email protected]>
> ---
>  drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 5 ++++-
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> index 8d8038538fc4..e71c7d1b5f29 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> @@ -4040,7 +4040,10 @@ static int virtnet_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
>                       goto free;
>               }
>
> -             dev->mtu = mtu;
> +             if (mtu > 1500)

s/1500/ETH_DATA_LEN/

Thanks.

> +                     dev->mtu = 1500;
> +             else
> +                     dev->mtu = mtu;
>               dev->max_mtu = mtu;
>       }
>
> --
> 2.27.0
>
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