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authorThomas Falcon <tlfalcon@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2017-12-18 12:52:40 -0600
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2017-12-19 14:09:33 -0500
commit4eb50ceb5c156a166c0b00ac27f0ff3a0943cdfb (patch)
tree178a22b00a825f6b48be9a511384e63648442eee /drivers/net/ethernet/ibm
parent61afe07ad68e3c0b6672e65f4239a759491ccc58 (diff)
downloadlinux-4eb50ceb5c156a166c0b00ac27f0ff3a0943cdfb.tar.bz2
ibmvnic: Include header descriptor support for ARP packets
In recent tests with new adapters, it was discovered that ARP packets were not being properly processed. This patch adds support for ARP packet headers to be passed to backing adapters, if necessary. Signed-off-by: Thomas Falcon <tlfalcon@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/ethernet/ibm')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
index df6d91116b65..6911b7cc06c5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
#include <linux/mm.h>
#include <linux/ethtool.h>
#include <linux/proc_fs.h>
+#include <linux/if_arp.h>
#include <linux/in.h>
#include <linux/ip.h>
#include <linux/ipv6.h>
@@ -1153,6 +1154,9 @@ static int build_hdr_data(u8 hdr_field, struct sk_buff *skb,
hdr_len[2] = tcp_hdrlen(skb);
else if (ipv6_hdr(skb)->nexthdr == IPPROTO_UDP)
hdr_len[2] = sizeof(struct udphdr);
+ } else if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_ARP)) {
+ hdr_len[1] = arp_hdr_len(skb->dev);
+ hdr_len[2] = 0;
}
memset(hdr_data, 0, 120);
@@ -1386,7 +1390,8 @@ static int ibmvnic_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
/* determine if l2/3/4 headers are sent to firmware */
if ((*hdrs >> 7) & 1 &&
(skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP) ||
- skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IPV6))) {
+ skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IPV6) ||
+ skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_ARP))) {
build_hdr_descs_arr(tx_buff, &num_entries, *hdrs);
tx_crq.v1.n_crq_elem = num_entries;
tx_buff->indir_arr[0] = tx_crq;