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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_mbx.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_mbx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_mbx.c index 27f82791e39a..1b2738380518 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_mbx.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_mbx.c @@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ static u16 fm10k_mbx_validate_msg_size(struct fm10k_mbx_info *mbx, u16 len) } while (total_len < len); /* message extends out of pushed section, but fits in FIFO */ - if ((len < total_len) && (msg_len <= mbx->rx.size)) + if ((len < total_len) && (msg_len <= mbx->max_size)) return 0; /* return length of invalid section */ @@ -1063,8 +1063,11 @@ static void fm10k_mbx_reset_work(struct fm10k_mbx_info *mbx) * @mbx: pointer to mailbox * @size: new value for max_size * - * This function will update the max_size value and drop any outgoing messages - * from the head of the Tx FIFO that are larger than max_size. + * This function updates the max_size value and drops any outgoing messages + * at the head of the Tx FIFO if they are larger than max_size. It does not + * drop all messages, as this is too difficult to parse and remove them from + * the FIFO. Instead, rely on the checking to ensure that messages larger + * than max_size aren't pushed into the memory buffer. **/ static void fm10k_mbx_update_max_size(struct fm10k_mbx_info *mbx, u16 size) { |