Currently, when device mtu is updated, vmxnet3 updates netdev mtu, quiesces the device and then reactivates it for the ESXi to know about the new mtu. So, technically the OS stack can start using the new mtu before ESXi knows about the new mtu.
This can lead to issues for TSO packets which use mss as per the new mtu configured. This patch fixes this issue by moving the mtu write after device quiesce.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Fixes: d1a890fa37f2 ("net: VMware virtual Ethernet NIC driver: vmxnet3") Signed-off-by: Ronak Doshi ronak.doshi@broadcom.com Acked-by: Guolin Yang guolin.yang@broadcom.com Changes v1-> v2: Moved MTU write after destroy of rx rings --- drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c index 3df6aabc7e33..c676979c7ab9 100644 --- a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c +++ b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c @@ -3607,8 +3607,6 @@ vmxnet3_change_mtu(struct net_device *netdev, int new_mtu) struct vmxnet3_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev); int err = 0;
- WRITE_ONCE(netdev->mtu, new_mtu); - /* * Reset_work may be in the middle of resetting the device, wait for its * completion. @@ -3622,6 +3620,7 @@ vmxnet3_change_mtu(struct net_device *netdev, int new_mtu)
/* we need to re-create the rx queue based on the new mtu */ vmxnet3_rq_destroy_all(adapter); + WRITE_ONCE(netdev->mtu, new_mtu); vmxnet3_adjust_rx_ring_size(adapter); err = vmxnet3_rq_create_all(adapter); if (err) { @@ -3638,6 +3637,8 @@ vmxnet3_change_mtu(struct net_device *netdev, int new_mtu) "Closing it\n", err); goto out; } + } else { + WRITE_ONCE(netdev->mtu, new_mtu); }
out: