Re: [PATCH 0/6] net: stmmac: fix handling of oversized frames

From: David Miller
Date: Thu Mar 28 2019 - 20:10:23 EST


From: Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@xxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2019 22:35:34 +0200

> I accidentally had MTU size mismatch (9000 vs. 1500) in my network,
> and I noticed I could kill a system using stmmac & 1500 MTU simply
> by pinging it with "ping -s 2000 ...".
>
> While testing a fix I encountered also some other issues that need fixing.
>
> I have tested these only with enhanced descriptors, so the normal
> descriptor changes need a careful review.

I really want to see some stmmac developers review and/or test these
changes.

Thanks.