[PATCH v2 3/3] net/af_packet: support jumbo frames
Xavier Guillaume
xavier.guillaume at ovhcloud.com
Mon Mar 9 17:10:21 CET 2026
Derive max_rx_pktlen and max_mtu from the actual TPACKET ring
frame size rather than the static RTE_ETHER_MAX_LEN (1518).
This allows jumbo frame support when the user specifies a
larger framesz devarg at vdev creation time, for example:
--vdev=net_af_packet0,iface=eth0,framesz=9216
The advertised capabilities now accurately reflect what the
configured ring can handle, avoiding both false limitations
with large frames and false promises with small ones.
Signed-off-by: Xavier Guillaume <xavier.guillaume at ovhcloud.com>
---
drivers/net/af_packet/rte_eth_af_packet.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/af_packet/rte_eth_af_packet.c b/drivers/net/af_packet/rte_eth_af_packet.c
index b04987aaf7..bfd2693a69 100644
--- a/drivers/net/af_packet/rte_eth_af_packet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/af_packet/rte_eth_af_packet.c
@@ -402,7 +402,10 @@ eth_dev_info(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct rte_eth_dev_info *dev_info)
dev_info->if_index = internals->if_index;
dev_info->max_mac_addrs = 1;
- dev_info->max_rx_pktlen = RTE_ETHER_MAX_LEN;
+ dev_info->max_rx_pktlen = internals->req.tp_frame_size -
+ TPACKET2_HDRLEN + sizeof(struct sockaddr_ll);
+ dev_info->max_mtu = dev_info->max_rx_pktlen -
+ RTE_ETHER_HDR_LEN - RTE_ETHER_CRC_LEN;
dev_info->max_rx_queues = (uint16_t)internals->nb_queues;
dev_info->max_tx_queues = (uint16_t)internals->nb_queues;
dev_info->min_rx_bufsize = 0;
--
2.34.1
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