From: Kohei Enju <kohei@enjuk.jp>
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2026 19:46:32 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: igc: fix missing update of skb->tail in igc_xmit_frame()
X-Git-Tag: v7.0-rc5~31^2~12^2~3
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=0ffba246652faf4a36aedc66059c2f94e4c83ea5;p=thirdparty%2Flinux.git

igc: fix missing update of skb->tail in igc_xmit_frame()

igc_xmit_frame() misses updating skb->tail when the packet size is
shorter than the minimum one.
Use skb_put_padto() in alignment with other Intel Ethernet drivers.

Fixes: 0507ef8a0372 ("igc: Add transmit and receive fastpath and interrupt handlers")
Signed-off-by: Kohei Enju <kohei@enjuk.jp>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Paul Menzel <pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de>
Tested-by: Avigail Dahan <avigailx.dahan@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>
---

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c
index b2e8d0c0f827..1c5d7b23f225 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c
@@ -1730,11 +1730,8 @@ static netdev_tx_t igc_xmit_frame(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	/* The minimum packet size with TCTL.PSP set is 17 so pad the skb
 	 * in order to meet this minimum size requirement.
 	 */
-	if (skb->len < 17) {
-		if (skb_padto(skb, 17))
-			return NETDEV_TX_OK;
-		skb->len = 17;
-	}
+	if (skb_put_padto(skb, 17))
+		return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 
 	return igc_xmit_frame_ring(skb, igc_tx_queue_mapping(adapter, skb));
 }