Packets to be segmented with TSO are usually larger than MTU. Plus, a single segment for the whole packet may be used: in OVS case, an external rte_malloc'd buffer is used for packets received from vhost-user ports.
Before this fix, TSO packets were dropped by net/ice with the following message: 2023-09-18T13:34:31.064Z|00020|dpdk(pmd-c31/id:22)|ERR|ice_prep_pkts(): INVALID mbuf: bad data_len=[2962] Remove the check on data_len. Fixes: ccf33dccf7aa ("net/ice: check illegal packet sizes") Cc: sta...@dpdk.org Signed-off-by: David Marchand <david.march...@redhat.com> --- Note: I am still waiting for feedback and there may be some followup patch later wrt ice_prep_pkts. For context, see: http://inbox.dpdk.org/dev/cajfav8yoa3shkvdexhfnmoemutwv3e75bu9u3oqpnc5ustt...@mail.gmail.com/T/#u Changes since v1: - moved log removal in a separate patch, --- drivers/net/ice/ice_rxtx.c | 7 +------ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ice/ice_rxtx.c b/drivers/net/ice/ice_rxtx.c index d5513e9e93..ee9cb7b955 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ice/ice_rxtx.c +++ b/drivers/net/ice/ice_rxtx.c @@ -3685,9 +3685,6 @@ ice_prep_pkts(__rte_unused void *tx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts, int i, ret; uint64_t ol_flags; struct rte_mbuf *m; - struct ice_tx_queue *txq = tx_queue; - struct rte_eth_dev *dev = &rte_eth_devices[txq->port_id]; - uint16_t max_frame_size = dev->data->mtu + ICE_ETH_OVERHEAD; for (i = 0; i < nb_pkts; i++) { m = tx_pkts[i]; @@ -3704,9 +3701,7 @@ ice_prep_pkts(__rte_unused void *tx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts, return i; } - /* check the data_len in mbuf */ - if (m->data_len < ICE_TX_MIN_PKT_LEN || - m->data_len > max_frame_size) { + if (m->pkt_len < ICE_TX_MIN_PKT_LEN) { rte_errno = EINVAL; return i; } -- 2.41.0