On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 12:38:46AM +0200, Stefan Richter wrote:
> On Oct 19 Sabrina Dubroca wrote:
> > 2016-10-18, 22:33:33 -0400, Jarod Wilson wrote:
> > [...]
> > > diff --git a/drivers/firewire/net.c b/drivers/firewire/net.c
> > > index 309311b..b5f125c 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/firewire/net.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/firewire/net.c
> > > @@ -1349,15 +1349,6 @@ static netdev_tx_t fwnet_tx(struct sk_buff *skb,
> > > struct net_device *net)
> > > return NETDEV_TX_OK;
> > > }
> > >
> > > -static int fwnet_change_mtu(struct net_device *net, int new_mtu)
> > > -{
> > > - if (new_mtu < 68)
> > > - return -EINVAL;
> > > -
> > > - net->mtu = new_mtu;
> > > - return 0;
> > > -}
> > > -
> >
> > This doesn't do any upper bound checking.
>
> I need to check more closely, but I think the RFC 2734 encapsulation spec
> and our implementation do not impose a particular upper limit. Though I
> guess it's bad to let userland set arbitrarily large values here.
In which case, that would suggest using IP_MAX_MTU (65535) here.
> > > static const struct ethtool_ops fwnet_ethtool_ops = {
> > > .get_link = ethtool_op_get_link,
> > > };
> > > @@ -1366,7 +1357,6 @@ static const struct net_device_ops fwnet_netdev_ops
> > > = {
> > > .ndo_open = fwnet_open,
> > > .ndo_stop = fwnet_stop,
> > > .ndo_start_xmit = fwnet_tx,
> > > - .ndo_change_mtu = fwnet_change_mtu,
> > > };
> > >
> > > static void fwnet_init_dev(struct net_device *net)
> > > @@ -1481,6 +1471,8 @@ static int fwnet_probe(struct fw_unit *unit,
> > > max_mtu = (1 << (card->max_receive + 1))
> > > - sizeof(struct rfc2734_header) - IEEE1394_GASP_HDR_SIZE;
> > > net->mtu = min(1500U, max_mtu);
> > > + net->min_mtu = ETH_MIN_MTU;
> > > + net->max_mtu = net->mtu;
> >
> > But that will now prevent increasing the MTU above the initial value?
>
> Indeed, therefore NAK.
However, there's an explicit calculation for 'max_mtu' right there that I
glazed right over. It would seem perhaps *that* should be used for
net->max_mtu here, no?
> PS:
> If the IP packet plus encapsulation header fits into IEEE 1394 packet
> payload, it is transported without link fragmentation. If it does not
> fit, link fragmentation occurs (which reduces bandwidth a bit and
> consumes additional buffering resources at the transmitter and the
> receiver).
>
> Broadcast and multicast packets are transmitted via IEEE 1394 asynchronous
> stream packets at a low bus speed (because our code does not attempt to
> find the maximum speed and size that is supported by all potential
> listeners). This limits the payload to 512 bytes.
>
> Unicast packets are transmitted via IEEE 1394 asynchronous write request
> packets at optimum speed. In most cases, this means that 2048 bytes
> payload is possible, in some cases 4096 bytes. Many CardBus FireWire
> cards support only 1024 bytes payload of these packets though.
> Furthermore, some low-speed long-haul cablings may cap the bus speed and
> thereby the payload size to 1024 or 512 bytes, but this is uncommon in
> practice.
Thorough as always, Stefan! :)
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Jarod Wilson
ja...@redhat.com
