sfc: check MTU against minimum threshold

Reported-by: Ma Yuying <yuma@redhat.com> Suggested-by: Jarod Wilson <jarod@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Bert Kenward <bkenward@solarflare.com> Reviewed-by: Jarod Wilson <jarod@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
mariux64 · Sep 6, 2016 · 72a31d8 · 72a31d8
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diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c
@@ -2263,8 +2263,18 @@ static int efx_change_mtu(struct net_device *net_dev, int new_mtu)
 	rc = efx_check_disabled(efx);
 	if (rc)
 		return rc;
-	if (new_mtu > EFX_MAX_MTU)
+	if (new_mtu > EFX_MAX_MTU) {
+		netif_err(efx, drv, efx->net_dev,
+			  "Requested MTU of %d too big (max: %d)\n",
+			  new_mtu, EFX_MAX_MTU);
 		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+	if (new_mtu < EFX_MIN_MTU) {
+		netif_err(efx, drv, efx->net_dev,
+			  "Requested MTU of %d too small (min: %d)\n",
+			  new_mtu, EFX_MIN_MTU);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 
 	netif_dbg(efx, drv, efx->net_dev, "changing MTU to %d\n", new_mtu);
 

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/net_driver.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/net_driver.h
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@
 /* Maximum possible MTU the driver supports */
 #define EFX_MAX_MTU (9 * 1024)
 
+/* Minimum MTU, from RFC791 (IP) */
+#define EFX_MIN_MTU 68
+
 /* Size of an RX scatter buffer.  Small enough to pack 2 into a 4K page,
  * and should be a multiple of the cache line size.
  */