diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_common.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_common.c
index 11a9ffebf8d88..6aea65dae5ed6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_common.c
@@ -868,8 +868,9 @@ i40e_status i40e_pf_reset(struct i40e_hw *hw)
 	 * The grst delay value is in 100ms units, and we'll wait a
 	 * couple counts longer to be sure we don't just miss the end.
 	 */
-	grst_del = rd32(hw, I40E_GLGEN_RSTCTL) & I40E_GLGEN_RSTCTL_GRSTDEL_MASK
-			>> I40E_GLGEN_RSTCTL_GRSTDEL_SHIFT;
+	grst_del = (rd32(hw, I40E_GLGEN_RSTCTL) &
+		    I40E_GLGEN_RSTCTL_GRSTDEL_MASK) >>
+		    I40E_GLGEN_RSTCTL_GRSTDEL_SHIFT;
 	for (cnt = 0; cnt < grst_del + 2; cnt++) {
 		reg = rd32(hw, I40E_GLGEN_RSTAT);
 		if (!(reg & I40E_GLGEN_RSTAT_DEVSTATE_MASK))
@@ -2846,7 +2847,7 @@ i40e_status i40e_aq_add_udp_tunnel(struct i40e_hw *hw,
 
 	status = i40e_asq_send_command(hw, &desc, NULL, 0, cmd_details);
 
-	if (!status)
+	if (!status && filter_index)
 		*filter_index = resp->index;
 
 	return status;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_dcb_nl.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_dcb_nl.c
index 183dcb63ce98e..a11c70ca5a281 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_dcb_nl.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_dcb_nl.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ static void i40e_get_pfc_delay(struct i40e_hw *hw, u16 *delay)
 	u32 val;
 
 	val = rd32(hw, I40E_PRTDCB_GENC);
-	*delay = (u16)(val & I40E_PRTDCB_GENC_PFCLDA_MASK >>
+	*delay = (u16)((val & I40E_PRTDCB_GENC_PFCLDA_MASK) >>
 		       I40E_PRTDCB_GENC_PFCLDA_SHIFT);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_debugfs.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_debugfs.c
index 61236f983971a..c17ee77100d36 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_debugfs.c
@@ -989,8 +989,10 @@ static ssize_t i40e_dbg_command_write(struct file *filp,
 	if (!cmd_buf)
 		return count;
 	bytes_not_copied = copy_from_user(cmd_buf, buffer, count);
-	if (bytes_not_copied < 0)
+	if (bytes_not_copied < 0) {
+		kfree(cmd_buf);
 		return bytes_not_copied;
+	}
 	if (bytes_not_copied > 0)
 		count -= bytes_not_copied;
 	cmd_buf[count] = '\0';
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
index cbe281be1c9f0..dadda3c5d658b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
@@ -1512,7 +1512,12 @@ static void i40e_vsi_setup_queue_map(struct i40e_vsi *vsi,
 	vsi->tc_config.numtc = numtc;
 	vsi->tc_config.enabled_tc = enabled_tc ? enabled_tc : 1;
 	/* Number of queues per enabled TC */
-	num_tc_qps = vsi->alloc_queue_pairs/numtc;
+	/* In MFP case we can have a much lower count of MSIx
+	 * vectors available and so we need to lower the used
+	 * q count.
+	 */
+	qcount = min_t(int, vsi->alloc_queue_pairs, pf->num_lan_msix);
+	num_tc_qps = qcount / numtc;
 	num_tc_qps = min_t(int, num_tc_qps, I40E_MAX_QUEUES_PER_TC);
 
 	/* Setup queue offset/count for all TCs for given VSI */
@@ -2684,8 +2689,15 @@ static void i40e_vsi_config_dcb_rings(struct i40e_vsi *vsi)
 	u16 qoffset, qcount;
 	int i, n;
 
-	if (!(vsi->back->flags & I40E_FLAG_DCB_ENABLED))
-		return;
+	if (!(vsi->back->flags & I40E_FLAG_DCB_ENABLED)) {
+		/* Reset the TC information */
+		for (i = 0; i < vsi->num_queue_pairs; i++) {
+			rx_ring = vsi->rx_rings[i];
+			tx_ring = vsi->tx_rings[i];
+			rx_ring->dcb_tc = 0;
+			tx_ring->dcb_tc = 0;
+		}
+	}
 
 	for (n = 0; n < I40E_MAX_TRAFFIC_CLASS; n++) {
 		if (!(vsi->tc_config.enabled_tc & (1 << n)))
@@ -3830,6 +3842,12 @@ static void i40e_clear_interrupt_scheme(struct i40e_pf *pf)
 {
 	int i;
 
+	i40e_stop_misc_vector(pf);
+	if (pf->flags & I40E_FLAG_MSIX_ENABLED) {
+		synchronize_irq(pf->msix_entries[0].vector);
+		free_irq(pf->msix_entries[0].vector, pf);
+	}
+
 	i40e_put_lump(pf->irq_pile, 0, I40E_PILE_VALID_BIT-1);
 	for (i = 0; i < pf->num_alloc_vsi; i++)
 		if (pf->vsi[i])
@@ -5254,8 +5272,14 @@ static int i40e_handle_lldp_event(struct i40e_pf *pf,
 
 	/* Wait for the PF's Tx queues to be disabled */
 	ret = i40e_pf_wait_txq_disabled(pf);
-	if (!ret)
+	if (ret) {
+		/* Schedule PF reset to recover */
+		set_bit(__I40E_PF_RESET_REQUESTED, &pf->state);
+		i40e_service_event_schedule(pf);
+	} else {
 		i40e_pf_unquiesce_all_vsi(pf);
+	}
+
 exit:
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -5587,7 +5611,8 @@ static void i40e_check_hang_subtask(struct i40e_pf *pf)
 	int i, v;
 
 	/* If we're down or resetting, just bail */
-	if (test_bit(__I40E_CONFIG_BUSY, &pf->state))
+	if (test_bit(__I40E_DOWN, &pf->state) ||
+	    test_bit(__I40E_CONFIG_BUSY, &pf->state))
 		return;
 
 	/* for each VSI/netdev
@@ -9533,6 +9558,7 @@ static void i40e_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	set_bit(__I40E_DOWN, &pf->state);
 	del_timer_sync(&pf->service_timer);
 	cancel_work_sync(&pf->service_task);
+	i40e_fdir_teardown(pf);
 
 	if (pf->flags & I40E_FLAG_SRIOV_ENABLED) {
 		i40e_free_vfs(pf);
@@ -9559,12 +9585,6 @@ static void i40e_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	if (pf->vsi[pf->lan_vsi])
 		i40e_vsi_release(pf->vsi[pf->lan_vsi]);
 
-	i40e_stop_misc_vector(pf);
-	if (pf->flags & I40E_FLAG_MSIX_ENABLED) {
-		synchronize_irq(pf->msix_entries[0].vector);
-		free_irq(pf->msix_entries[0].vector, pf);
-	}
-
 	/* shutdown and destroy the HMC */
 	if (pf->hw.hmc.hmc_obj) {
 		ret_code = i40e_shutdown_lan_hmc(&pf->hw);
@@ -9718,6 +9738,8 @@ static void i40e_shutdown(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	wr32(hw, I40E_PFPM_APM, (pf->wol_en ? I40E_PFPM_APM_APME_MASK : 0));
 	wr32(hw, I40E_PFPM_WUFC, (pf->wol_en ? I40E_PFPM_WUFC_MAG_MASK : 0));
 
+	i40e_clear_interrupt_scheme(pf);
+
 	if (system_state == SYSTEM_POWER_OFF) {
 		pci_wake_from_d3(pdev, pf->wol_en);
 		pci_set_power_state(pdev, PCI_D3hot);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_nvm.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_nvm.c
index 3e70f2e45a476..5defe0d635141 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_nvm.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_nvm.c
@@ -679,9 +679,11 @@ static i40e_status i40e_nvmupd_state_writing(struct i40e_hw *hw,
 {
 	i40e_status status;
 	enum i40e_nvmupd_cmd upd_cmd;
+	bool retry_attempt = false;
 
 	upd_cmd = i40e_nvmupd_validate_command(hw, cmd, errno);
 
+retry:
 	switch (upd_cmd) {
 	case I40E_NVMUPD_WRITE_CON:
 		status = i40e_nvmupd_nvm_write(hw, cmd, bytes, errno);
@@ -725,6 +727,39 @@ static i40e_status i40e_nvmupd_state_writing(struct i40e_hw *hw,
 		*errno = -ESRCH;
 		break;
 	}
+
+	/* In some circumstances, a multi-write transaction takes longer
+	 * than the default 3 minute timeout on the write semaphore.  If
+	 * the write failed with an EBUSY status, this is likely the problem,
+	 * so here we try to reacquire the semaphore then retry the write.
+	 * We only do one retry, then give up.
+	 */
+	if (status && (hw->aq.asq_last_status == I40E_AQ_RC_EBUSY) &&
+	    !retry_attempt) {
+		i40e_status old_status = status;
+		u32 old_asq_status = hw->aq.asq_last_status;
+		u32 gtime;
+
+		gtime = rd32(hw, I40E_GLVFGEN_TIMER);
+		if (gtime >= hw->nvm.hw_semaphore_timeout) {
+			i40e_debug(hw, I40E_DEBUG_ALL,
+				   "NVMUPD: write semaphore expired (%d >= %lld), retrying\n",
+				   gtime, hw->nvm.hw_semaphore_timeout);
+			i40e_release_nvm(hw);
+			status = i40e_acquire_nvm(hw, I40E_RESOURCE_WRITE);
+			if (status) {
+				i40e_debug(hw, I40E_DEBUG_ALL,
+					   "NVMUPD: write semaphore reacquire failed aq_err = %d\n",
+					   hw->aq.asq_last_status);
+				status = old_status;
+				hw->aq.asq_last_status = old_asq_status;
+			} else {
+				retry_attempt = true;
+				goto retry;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	return status;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
index 2206d2d36f0fd..bbf1b1247ac47 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
@@ -585,6 +585,20 @@ void i40e_free_tx_resources(struct i40e_ring *tx_ring)
 	}
 }
 
+/**
+ * i40e_get_head - Retrieve head from head writeback
+ * @tx_ring:  tx ring to fetch head of
+ *
+ * Returns value of Tx ring head based on value stored
+ * in head write-back location
+ **/
+static inline u32 i40e_get_head(struct i40e_ring *tx_ring)
+{
+	void *head = (struct i40e_tx_desc *)tx_ring->desc + tx_ring->count;
+
+	return le32_to_cpu(*(volatile __le32 *)head);
+}
+
 /**
  * i40e_get_tx_pending - how many tx descriptors not processed
  * @tx_ring: the ring of descriptors
@@ -594,10 +608,16 @@ void i40e_free_tx_resources(struct i40e_ring *tx_ring)
  **/
 static u32 i40e_get_tx_pending(struct i40e_ring *ring)
 {
-	u32 ntu = ((ring->next_to_clean <= ring->next_to_use)
-			? ring->next_to_use
-			: ring->next_to_use + ring->count);
-	return ntu - ring->next_to_clean;
+	u32 head, tail;
+
+	head = i40e_get_head(ring);
+	tail = readl(ring->tail);
+
+	if (head != tail)
+		return (head < tail) ?
+			tail - head : (tail + ring->count - head);
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -606,6 +626,8 @@ static u32 i40e_get_tx_pending(struct i40e_ring *ring)
  **/
 static bool i40e_check_tx_hang(struct i40e_ring *tx_ring)
 {
+	u32 tx_done = tx_ring->stats.packets;
+	u32 tx_done_old = tx_ring->tx_stats.tx_done_old;
 	u32 tx_pending = i40e_get_tx_pending(tx_ring);
 	struct i40e_pf *pf = tx_ring->vsi->back;
 	bool ret = false;
@@ -623,41 +645,25 @@ static bool i40e_check_tx_hang(struct i40e_ring *tx_ring)
 	 * run the check_tx_hang logic with a transmit completion
 	 * pending but without time to complete it yet.
 	 */
-	if ((tx_ring->tx_stats.tx_done_old == tx_ring->stats.packets) &&
-	    (tx_pending >= I40E_MIN_DESC_PENDING)) {
+	if ((tx_done_old == tx_done) && tx_pending) {
 		/* make sure it is true for two checks in a row */
 		ret = test_and_set_bit(__I40E_HANG_CHECK_ARMED,
 				       &tx_ring->state);
-	} else if ((tx_ring->tx_stats.tx_done_old == tx_ring->stats.packets) &&
-		   (tx_pending < I40E_MIN_DESC_PENDING) &&
-		   (tx_pending > 0)) {
+	} else if (tx_done_old == tx_done &&
+		   (tx_pending < I40E_MIN_DESC_PENDING) && (tx_pending > 0)) {
 		if (I40E_DEBUG_FLOW & pf->hw.debug_mask)
 			dev_info(tx_ring->dev, "HW needs some more descs to do a cacheline flush. tx_pending %d, queue %d",
 				 tx_pending, tx_ring->queue_index);
 		pf->tx_sluggish_count++;
 	} else {
 		/* update completed stats and disarm the hang check */
-		tx_ring->tx_stats.tx_done_old = tx_ring->stats.packets;
+		tx_ring->tx_stats.tx_done_old = tx_done;
 		clear_bit(__I40E_HANG_CHECK_ARMED, &tx_ring->state);
 	}
 
 	return ret;
 }
 
-/**
- * i40e_get_head - Retrieve head from head writeback
- * @tx_ring:  tx ring to fetch head of
- *
- * Returns value of Tx ring head based on value stored
- * in head write-back location
- **/
-static inline u32 i40e_get_head(struct i40e_ring *tx_ring)
-{
-	void *head = (struct i40e_tx_desc *)tx_ring->desc + tx_ring->count;
-
-	return le32_to_cpu(*(volatile __le32 *)head);
-}
-
 #define WB_STRIDE 0x3
 
 /**
@@ -2139,6 +2145,67 @@ static int i40e_maybe_stop_tx(struct i40e_ring *tx_ring, int size)
 	return __i40e_maybe_stop_tx(tx_ring, size);
 }
 
+/**
+ * i40e_chk_linearize - Check if there are more than 8 fragments per packet
+ * @skb:      send buffer
+ * @tx_flags: collected send information
+ * @hdr_len:  size of the packet header
+ *
+ * Note: Our HW can't scatter-gather more than 8 fragments to build
+ * a packet on the wire and so we need to figure out the cases where we
+ * need to linearize the skb.
+ **/
+static bool i40e_chk_linearize(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 tx_flags,
+			       const u8 hdr_len)
+{
+	struct skb_frag_struct *frag;
+	bool linearize = false;
+	unsigned int size = 0;
+	u16 num_frags;
+	u16 gso_segs;
+
+	num_frags = skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags;
+	gso_segs = skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_segs;
+
+	if (tx_flags & (I40E_TX_FLAGS_TSO | I40E_TX_FLAGS_FSO)) {
+		u16 j = 1;
+
+		if (num_frags < (I40E_MAX_BUFFER_TXD))
+			goto linearize_chk_done;
+		/* try the simple math, if we have too many frags per segment */
+		if (DIV_ROUND_UP((num_frags + gso_segs), gso_segs) >
+		    I40E_MAX_BUFFER_TXD) {
+			linearize = true;
+			goto linearize_chk_done;
+		}
+		frag = &skb_shinfo(skb)->frags[0];
+		size = hdr_len;
+		/* we might still have more fragments per segment */
+		do {
+			size += skb_frag_size(frag);
+			frag++; j++;
+			if (j == I40E_MAX_BUFFER_TXD) {
+				if (size < skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size) {
+					linearize = true;
+					break;
+				}
+				j = 1;
+				size -= skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size;
+				if (size)
+					j++;
+				size += hdr_len;
+			}
+			num_frags--;
+		} while (num_frags);
+	} else {
+		if (num_frags >= I40E_MAX_BUFFER_TXD)
+			linearize = true;
+	}
+
+linearize_chk_done:
+	return linearize;
+}
+
 /**
  * i40e_tx_map - Build the Tx descriptor
  * @tx_ring:  ring to send buffer on
@@ -2396,6 +2463,10 @@ static netdev_tx_t i40e_xmit_frame_ring(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	if (tsyn)
 		tx_flags |= I40E_TX_FLAGS_TSYN;
 
+	if (i40e_chk_linearize(skb, tx_flags, hdr_len))
+		if (skb_linearize(skb))
+			goto out_drop;
+
 	skb_tx_timestamp(skb);
 
 	/* always enable CRC insertion offload */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.h
index 18b00231d2f11..dff0baeb1ecc0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.h
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ enum i40e_dyn_idx_t {
 
 #define i40e_rx_desc i40e_32byte_rx_desc
 
+#define I40E_MAX_BUFFER_TXD	8
 #define I40E_MIN_TX_LEN		17
 #define I40E_MAX_DATA_PER_TXD	8192
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c
index 29004382f462c..708891571dae3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c
@@ -125,6 +125,20 @@ void i40evf_free_tx_resources(struct i40e_ring *tx_ring)
 	}
 }
 
+/**
+ * i40e_get_head - Retrieve head from head writeback
+ * @tx_ring:  tx ring to fetch head of
+ *
+ * Returns value of Tx ring head based on value stored
+ * in head write-back location
+ **/
+static inline u32 i40e_get_head(struct i40e_ring *tx_ring)
+{
+	void *head = (struct i40e_tx_desc *)tx_ring->desc + tx_ring->count;
+
+	return le32_to_cpu(*(volatile __le32 *)head);
+}
+
 /**
  * i40e_get_tx_pending - how many tx descriptors not processed
  * @tx_ring: the ring of descriptors
@@ -134,10 +148,16 @@ void i40evf_free_tx_resources(struct i40e_ring *tx_ring)
  **/
 static u32 i40e_get_tx_pending(struct i40e_ring *ring)
 {
-	u32 ntu = ((ring->next_to_clean <= ring->next_to_use)
-			? ring->next_to_use
-			: ring->next_to_use + ring->count);
-	return ntu - ring->next_to_clean;
+	u32 head, tail;
+
+	head = i40e_get_head(ring);
+	tail = readl(ring->tail);
+
+	if (head != tail)
+		return (head < tail) ?
+			tail - head : (tail + ring->count - head);
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -146,6 +166,8 @@ static u32 i40e_get_tx_pending(struct i40e_ring *ring)
  **/
 static bool i40e_check_tx_hang(struct i40e_ring *tx_ring)
 {
+	u32 tx_done = tx_ring->stats.packets;
+	u32 tx_done_old = tx_ring->tx_stats.tx_done_old;
 	u32 tx_pending = i40e_get_tx_pending(tx_ring);
 	bool ret = false;
 
@@ -162,36 +184,20 @@ static bool i40e_check_tx_hang(struct i40e_ring *tx_ring)
 	 * run the check_tx_hang logic with a transmit completion
 	 * pending but without time to complete it yet.
 	 */
-	if ((tx_ring->tx_stats.tx_done_old == tx_ring->stats.packets) &&
-	    (tx_pending >= I40E_MIN_DESC_PENDING)) {
+	if ((tx_done_old == tx_done) && tx_pending) {
 		/* make sure it is true for two checks in a row */
 		ret = test_and_set_bit(__I40E_HANG_CHECK_ARMED,
 				       &tx_ring->state);
-	} else if (!(tx_ring->tx_stats.tx_done_old == tx_ring->stats.packets) ||
-		   !(tx_pending < I40E_MIN_DESC_PENDING) ||
-		   !(tx_pending > 0)) {
+	} else if (tx_done_old == tx_done &&
+		   (tx_pending < I40E_MIN_DESC_PENDING) && (tx_pending > 0)) {
 		/* update completed stats and disarm the hang check */
-		tx_ring->tx_stats.tx_done_old = tx_ring->stats.packets;
+		tx_ring->tx_stats.tx_done_old = tx_done;
 		clear_bit(__I40E_HANG_CHECK_ARMED, &tx_ring->state);
 	}
 
 	return ret;
 }
 
-/**
- * i40e_get_head - Retrieve head from head writeback
- * @tx_ring:  tx ring to fetch head of
- *
- * Returns value of Tx ring head based on value stored
- * in head write-back location
- **/
-static inline u32 i40e_get_head(struct i40e_ring *tx_ring)
-{
-	void *head = (struct i40e_tx_desc *)tx_ring->desc + tx_ring->count;
-
-	return le32_to_cpu(*(volatile __le32 *)head);
-}
-
 #define WB_STRIDE 0x3
 
 /**
@@ -1206,17 +1212,16 @@ static int i40e_tso(struct i40e_ring *tx_ring, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	if (err < 0)
 		return err;
 
-	if (protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP)) {
-		iph = skb->encapsulation ? inner_ip_hdr(skb) : ip_hdr(skb);
+	iph = skb->encapsulation ? inner_ip_hdr(skb) : ip_hdr(skb);
+	ipv6h = skb->encapsulation ? inner_ipv6_hdr(skb) : ipv6_hdr(skb);
+
+	if (iph->version == 4) {
 		tcph = skb->encapsulation ? inner_tcp_hdr(skb) : tcp_hdr(skb);
 		iph->tot_len = 0;
 		iph->check = 0;
 		tcph->check = ~csum_tcpudp_magic(iph->saddr, iph->daddr,
 						 0, IPPROTO_TCP, 0);
-	} else if (skb_is_gso_v6(skb)) {
-
-		ipv6h = skb->encapsulation ? inner_ipv6_hdr(skb)
-					   : ipv6_hdr(skb);
+	} else if (ipv6h->version == 6) {
 		tcph = skb->encapsulation ? inner_tcp_hdr(skb) : tcp_hdr(skb);
 		ipv6h->payload_len = 0;
 		tcph->check = ~csum_ipv6_magic(&ipv6h->saddr, &ipv6h->daddr,
@@ -1274,13 +1279,9 @@ static void i40e_tx_enable_csum(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 tx_flags,
 					 I40E_TX_CTX_EXT_IP_IPV4_NO_CSUM;
 			}
 		} else if (tx_flags & I40E_TX_FLAGS_IPV6) {
-			if (tx_flags & I40E_TX_FLAGS_TSO) {
-				*cd_tunneling |= I40E_TX_CTX_EXT_IP_IPV6;
+			*cd_tunneling |= I40E_TX_CTX_EXT_IP_IPV6;
+			if (tx_flags & I40E_TX_FLAGS_TSO)
 				ip_hdr(skb)->check = 0;
-			} else {
-				*cd_tunneling |=
-					 I40E_TX_CTX_EXT_IP_IPV4_NO_CSUM;
-			}
 		}
 
 		/* Now set the ctx descriptor fields */
@@ -1290,6 +1291,11 @@ static void i40e_tx_enable_csum(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 tx_flags,
 				   ((skb_inner_network_offset(skb) -
 					skb_transport_offset(skb)) >> 1) <<
 				   I40E_TXD_CTX_QW0_NATLEN_SHIFT;
+		if (this_ip_hdr->version == 6) {
+			tx_flags &= ~I40E_TX_FLAGS_IPV4;
+			tx_flags |= I40E_TX_FLAGS_IPV6;
+		}
+
 
 	} else {
 		network_hdr_len = skb_network_header_len(skb);
@@ -1380,6 +1386,67 @@ static void i40e_create_tx_ctx(struct i40e_ring *tx_ring,
 	context_desc->type_cmd_tso_mss = cpu_to_le64(cd_type_cmd_tso_mss);
 }
 
+ /**
+ * i40e_chk_linearize - Check if there are more than 8 fragments per packet
+ * @skb:      send buffer
+ * @tx_flags: collected send information
+ * @hdr_len:  size of the packet header
+ *
+ * Note: Our HW can't scatter-gather more than 8 fragments to build
+ * a packet on the wire and so we need to figure out the cases where we
+ * need to linearize the skb.
+ **/
+static bool i40e_chk_linearize(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 tx_flags,
+			       const u8 hdr_len)
+{
+	struct skb_frag_struct *frag;
+	bool linearize = false;
+	unsigned int size = 0;
+	u16 num_frags;
+	u16 gso_segs;
+
+	num_frags = skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags;
+	gso_segs = skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_segs;
+
+	if (tx_flags & (I40E_TX_FLAGS_TSO | I40E_TX_FLAGS_FSO)) {
+		u16 j = 1;
+
+		if (num_frags < (I40E_MAX_BUFFER_TXD))
+			goto linearize_chk_done;
+		/* try the simple math, if we have too many frags per segment */
+		if (DIV_ROUND_UP((num_frags + gso_segs), gso_segs) >
+		    I40E_MAX_BUFFER_TXD) {
+			linearize = true;
+			goto linearize_chk_done;
+		}
+		frag = &skb_shinfo(skb)->frags[0];
+		size = hdr_len;
+		/* we might still have more fragments per segment */
+		do {
+			size += skb_frag_size(frag);
+			frag++; j++;
+			if (j == I40E_MAX_BUFFER_TXD) {
+				if (size < skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size) {
+					linearize = true;
+					break;
+				}
+				j = 1;
+				size -= skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size;
+				if (size)
+					j++;
+				size += hdr_len;
+			}
+			num_frags--;
+		} while (num_frags);
+	} else {
+		if (num_frags >= I40E_MAX_BUFFER_TXD)
+			linearize = true;
+	}
+
+linearize_chk_done:
+	return linearize;
+}
+
 /**
  * i40e_tx_map - Build the Tx descriptor
  * @tx_ring:  ring to send buffer on
@@ -1654,6 +1721,10 @@ static netdev_tx_t i40e_xmit_frame_ring(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	else if (tso)
 		tx_flags |= I40E_TX_FLAGS_TSO;
 
+	if (i40e_chk_linearize(skb, tx_flags, hdr_len))
+		if (skb_linearize(skb))
+			goto out_drop;
+
 	skb_tx_timestamp(skb);
 
 	/* always enable CRC insertion offload */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.h
index 4e15903b2b6de..c950a038237c2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.h
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ enum i40e_dyn_idx_t {
 
 #define i40e_rx_desc i40e_32byte_rx_desc
 
+#define I40E_MAX_BUFFER_TXD	8
 #define I40E_MIN_TX_LEN		17
 #define I40E_MAX_DATA_PER_TXD	8192