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authorJarod Wilson <jarod@redhat.com>2016-10-07 22:04:34 -0400
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2016-10-13 09:36:57 -0400
commita52ad514fdf3b8a57ca4322c92d2d8d5c6182485 (patch)
treed5c763c23ce3faa611fa00b386f9a095ad364315 /net
parent61e84623ace35ce48975e8f90bbbac7557c43d61 (diff)
downloadlinux-a52ad514fdf3b8a57ca4322c92d2d8d5c6182485.tar.gz
net: deprecate eth_change_mtu, remove usage
With centralized MTU checking, there's nothing productive done by
eth_change_mtu that isn't already done in dev_set_mtu, so mark it as
deprecated and remove all usage of it in the kernel. All callers have been
audited for calls to alloc_etherdev* or ether_setup directly, which means
they all have a valid dev->min_mtu and dev->max_mtu. Now eth_change_mtu
prints out a netdev_warn about being deprecated, for the benefit of
out-of-tree drivers that might be utilizing it.

Of note, dvb_net.c actually had dev->mtu = 4096, while using
eth_change_mtu, meaning that if you ever tried changing it's mtu, you
couldn't set it above 1500 anymore. It's now getting dev->max_mtu also set
to 4096 to remedy that.

v2: fix up lantiq_etop, missed breakage due to drive not compiling on x86

CC: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jarod Wilson <jarod@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net')
-rw-r--r--net/atm/br2684.c2
-rw-r--r--net/bluetooth/bnep/netdev.c1
-rw-r--r--net/ethernet/eth.c5
-rw-r--r--net/irda/irlan/irlan_eth.c1
4 files changed, 3 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/net/atm/br2684.c b/net/atm/br2684.c
index aa0047c5c467..c7d82f4e8422 100644
--- a/net/atm/br2684.c
+++ b/net/atm/br2684.c
@@ -620,14 +620,12 @@ error:
 static const struct net_device_ops br2684_netdev_ops = {
 	.ndo_start_xmit 	= br2684_start_xmit,
 	.ndo_set_mac_address	= br2684_mac_addr,
-	.ndo_change_mtu		= eth_change_mtu,
 	.ndo_validate_addr	= eth_validate_addr,
 };
 
 static const struct net_device_ops br2684_netdev_ops_routed = {
 	.ndo_start_xmit 	= br2684_start_xmit,
 	.ndo_set_mac_address	= br2684_mac_addr,
-	.ndo_change_mtu		= eth_change_mtu
 };
 
 static void br2684_setup(struct net_device *netdev)
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/bnep/netdev.c b/net/bluetooth/bnep/netdev.c
index f4fcb4a9d5c1..0f25ddc319e2 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/bnep/netdev.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/bnep/netdev.c
@@ -211,7 +211,6 @@ static const struct net_device_ops bnep_netdev_ops = {
 	.ndo_set_rx_mode     = bnep_net_set_mc_list,
 	.ndo_set_mac_address = bnep_net_set_mac_addr,
 	.ndo_tx_timeout      = bnep_net_timeout,
-	.ndo_change_mtu	     = eth_change_mtu,
 
 };
 
diff --git a/net/ethernet/eth.c b/net/ethernet/eth.c
index 66dff5e3d772..f983c102ebe3 100644
--- a/net/ethernet/eth.c
+++ b/net/ethernet/eth.c
@@ -322,8 +322,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(eth_mac_addr);
  */
 int eth_change_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int new_mtu)
 {
-	if (new_mtu < 68 || new_mtu > ETH_DATA_LEN)
-		return -EINVAL;
+	netdev_warn(dev, "%s is deprecated\n", __func__);
 	dev->mtu = new_mtu;
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -357,6 +356,8 @@ void ether_setup(struct net_device *dev)
 	dev->type		= ARPHRD_ETHER;
 	dev->hard_header_len 	= ETH_HLEN;
 	dev->mtu		= ETH_DATA_LEN;
+	dev->min_mtu		= ETH_MIN_MTU;
+	dev->max_mtu		= ETH_DATA_LEN;
 	dev->addr_len		= ETH_ALEN;
 	dev->tx_queue_len	= 1000;	/* Ethernet wants good queues */
 	dev->flags		= IFF_BROADCAST|IFF_MULTICAST;
diff --git a/net/irda/irlan/irlan_eth.c b/net/irda/irlan/irlan_eth.c
index d8b7267280c3..8192eaea4ecd 100644
--- a/net/irda/irlan/irlan_eth.c
+++ b/net/irda/irlan/irlan_eth.c
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ static const struct net_device_ops irlan_eth_netdev_ops = {
 	.ndo_stop		= irlan_eth_close,
 	.ndo_start_xmit		= irlan_eth_xmit,
 	.ndo_set_rx_mode	= irlan_eth_set_multicast_list,
-	.ndo_change_mtu		= eth_change_mtu,
 	.ndo_validate_addr	= eth_validate_addr,
 };