This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
[PATCH] netvsc: Set maximum GSO size in the right place
to the 4.4-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
netvsc-set-maximum-gso-size-in-the-right-place.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.4 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fri Feb 10 22:14:58 2017
From: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2017 19:37:35 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] netvsc: Set maximum GSO size in the right place
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Message-ID: <20170209193734.GB3442@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Disposition: inline
From: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Commit a50af86dd49e "netvsc: reduce maximum GSO size" was wrongly
backported to 4.4-stable. The maximum size needs to be set before the
net device is registered, in netvsc_probe().
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
@@ -854,7 +854,6 @@ static int netvsc_set_channels(struct ne
}
goto recover;
}
- netif_set_gso_max_size(net, NETVSC_GSO_MAX_SIZE);
out:
netvsc_open(net);
@@ -1142,6 +1141,7 @@ static int netvsc_probe(struct hv_device
nvdev = hv_get_drvdata(dev);
netif_set_real_num_tx_queues(net, nvdev->num_chn);
netif_set_real_num_rx_queues(net, nvdev->num_chn);
+ netif_set_gso_max_size(net, NETVSC_GSO_MAX_SIZE);
ret = register_netdev(net);
if (ret != 0) {
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
queue-4.4/netvsc-set-maximum-gso-size-in-the-right-place.patch
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