ixgbe: limit small mtu to minimum for ipv4 support
Signed-off-by: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index cfaa3ca..2c8895e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -2839,8 +2839,8 @@
struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
int max_frame = new_mtu + ETH_HLEN + ETH_FCS_LEN;
- if ((max_frame < (ETH_ZLEN + ETH_FCS_LEN)) ||
- (max_frame > IXGBE_MAX_JUMBO_FRAME_SIZE))
+ /* MTU < 68 is an error and causes problems on some kernels */
+ if ((new_mtu < 68) || (max_frame > IXGBE_MAX_JUMBO_FRAME_SIZE))
return -EINVAL;
DPRINTK(PROBE, INFO, "changing MTU from %d to %d\n",