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ice: fix VF queue configuration with low MTU values
authorJose Ignacio Tornos Martinez <jtornosm@redhat.com>
Fri, 15 May 2026 18:24:09 +0000 (11:24 -0700)
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Tue, 19 May 2026 02:00:43 +0000 (19:00 -0700)
commit3ba4dd024d26372733d1c02e13e076c6016e3320
tree020ad137f8b413a7a526c9bf73e83294b8e8dc8f
parent89bbff099bfc94888eb942d5b981592bbbe0c856
ice: fix VF queue configuration with low MTU values

The ice driver's VF queue configuration validation rejects
databuffer_size values below 1024 bytes, which prevents VFs from
using MTU values below 871 bytes.

The iavf driver calculates databuffer_size based on the MTU using:
  databuffer_size = ALIGN(MTU + LIBETH_RX_LL_LEN, 128)

where LIBETH_RX_LL_LEN = 26 (ETH_HLEN + 2*VLAN_HLEN + ETH_FCS_LEN).

For MTU values below 871:
  MTU 870: 870 + 26 = 896, aligned to 128 = 896 (< 1024, rejected)
  MTU 871: 871 + 26 = 897, aligned to 128 = 1024 (>= 1024, accepted)

The 1024-byte minimum seems unnecessarily restrictive, because the hardware
supports databuffer_size as low as 128 bytes (the alignment boundary),
which should allow MTU values down to the standard minimum of 68 bytes.

I haven't found the reason why the limit was configured in the commit
9c7dd7566d18 ("ice: add validation in OP_CONFIG_VSI_QUEUES VF message"), so
with no more information and since it is working, change the minimum
databuffer_size validation from 1024 to 128 bytes to allow standard low
MTU values while still preventing invalid configurations.

Fixes: 9c7dd7566d18 ("ice: add validation in OP_CONFIG_VSI_QUEUES VF message")
cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jose Ignacio Tornos Martinez <jtornosm@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Michal Swiatkowski <michal.swiatkowski@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Paul Menzel <pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de>
Tested-by: Rafal Romanowski <rafal.romanowski@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260515182419.1597859-3-anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/virt/queues.c