[PATCH v4 04/11] net/pcap: support setting MTU

Stephen Hemminger stephen at networkplumber.org
Sat Jan 17 22:57:03 CET 2026


If PCAP PMD is used in single interface mode, it can pass
the MTU setup to the device. Only implemented on
Linux and FreeBSD.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
---
 doc/guides/nics/features/pcap.ini     |  1 +
 drivers/net/pcap/pcap_ethdev.c        | 14 ++++++++++++++
 drivers/net/pcap/pcap_osdep.h         |  1 +
 drivers/net/pcap/pcap_osdep_freebsd.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 drivers/net/pcap/pcap_osdep_linux.c   | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 drivers/net/pcap/pcap_osdep_windows.c |  6 ++++++
 6 files changed, 69 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/features/pcap.ini b/doc/guides/nics/features/pcap.ini
index 060b2f4df5..e75bf03051 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/features/pcap.ini
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/features/pcap.ini
@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ Power8               = Y
 x86-32               = Y
 x86-64               = Y
 Usage doc            = Y
+MTU update           = Y
diff --git a/drivers/net/pcap/pcap_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/pcap/pcap_ethdev.c
index 22c9cb5928..0c65a2dffc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/pcap/pcap_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/pcap/pcap_ethdev.c
@@ -750,6 +750,8 @@ eth_dev_info(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 	dev_info->max_rx_queues = dev->data->nb_rx_queues;
 	dev_info->max_tx_queues = dev->data->nb_tx_queues;
 	dev_info->min_rx_bufsize = 0;
+	dev_info->min_mtu = RTE_ETHER_MIN_LEN - RTE_ETHER_HDR_LEN - RTE_ETHER_CRC_LEN;
+	dev_info->max_mtu = RTE_ETH_PCAP_SNAPLEN;
 	dev_info->tx_offload_capa = RTE_ETH_TX_OFFLOAD_MULTI_SEGS;
 
 	return 0;
@@ -1008,6 +1010,17 @@ eth_tx_queue_stop(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t tx_queue_id)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int
+eth_mtu_set(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t mtu)
+{
+	struct pmd_internals *internals = dev->data->dev_private;
+
+	if (internals->single_iface)
+		return osdep_iface_mtu_set(internals->if_index, mtu);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static const struct eth_dev_ops ops = {
 	.dev_start = eth_dev_start,
 	.dev_stop = eth_dev_stop,
@@ -1021,6 +1034,7 @@ static const struct eth_dev_ops ops = {
 	.rx_queue_stop = eth_rx_queue_stop,
 	.tx_queue_stop = eth_tx_queue_stop,
 	.link_update = eth_link_update,
+	.mtu_set = eth_mtu_set,
 	.stats_get = eth_stats_get,
 	.stats_reset = eth_stats_reset,
 };
diff --git a/drivers/net/pcap/pcap_osdep.h b/drivers/net/pcap/pcap_osdep.h
index 2aa13f3629..3c8b7ff27b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/pcap/pcap_osdep.h
+++ b/drivers/net/pcap/pcap_osdep.h
@@ -14,5 +14,6 @@ extern int eth_pcap_logtype;
 
 int osdep_iface_index_get(const char *name);
 int osdep_iface_mac_get(const char *name, struct rte_ether_addr *mac);
+int osdep_iface_mtu_set(int index, uint16_t mtu);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/net/pcap/pcap_osdep_freebsd.c b/drivers/net/pcap/pcap_osdep_freebsd.c
index 32e4a2bee7..697b7029dd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/pcap/pcap_osdep_freebsd.c
+++ b/drivers/net/pcap/pcap_osdep_freebsd.c
@@ -4,9 +4,12 @@
  * All rights reserved.
  */
 
+#include <unistd.h>
 #include <net/if.h>
 #include <net/if_dl.h>
 #include <sys/sysctl.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <sys/sockio.h>
 
 #include "pcap_osdep.h"
 
@@ -54,3 +57,26 @@ osdep_iface_mac_get(const char *if_name, struct rte_ether_addr *mac)
 	free(buf);
 	return 0;
 }
+
+int
+osdep_iface_mtu_set(int ifindex, uint16_t mtu)
+{
+	struct ifreq ifr = { 0 };
+	char ifname[IFNAMSIZ];
+	int s, ret;
+
+	if (if_indextoname(ifindex, ifname) == NULL)
+		return -errno;
+
+	s = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
+	if (s < 0)
+		return -errno;
+
+	strlcpy(ifr.ifr_name, ifname, IFNAMSIZ);
+	ifr.ifr_mtu = mtu;
+
+	ret = ioctl(s, SIOCSIFMTU, &ifr);
+	close(s);
+
+	return (ret < 0) ? -errno : 0;
+}
diff --git a/drivers/net/pcap/pcap_osdep_linux.c b/drivers/net/pcap/pcap_osdep_linux.c
index 97033f57c5..d180e9b4b4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/pcap/pcap_osdep_linux.c
+++ b/drivers/net/pcap/pcap_osdep_linux.c
@@ -40,3 +40,24 @@ osdep_iface_mac_get(const char *if_name, struct rte_ether_addr *mac)
 	close(if_fd);
 	return 0;
 }
+
+int
+osdep_iface_mtu_set(int ifindex, uint16_t mtu)
+{
+	char ifname[IFNAMSIZ];
+
+	if (if_indextoname(ifindex, ifname) == NULL)
+		return -errno;
+
+	int s = socket(PF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
+	if (s < 0)
+		return -errno;
+
+	struct ifreq ifr = { .ifr_mtu = mtu };
+	strlcpy(ifr.ifr_name, ifname, IFNAMSIZ);
+
+	int ret = ioctl(s, SIOCSIFMTU, &ifr);
+	close(s);
+
+	return (ret < 0) ? -errno : 0;
+}
diff --git a/drivers/net/pcap/pcap_osdep_windows.c b/drivers/net/pcap/pcap_osdep_windows.c
index 1d398dc7ed..00df67b8fc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/pcap/pcap_osdep_windows.c
+++ b/drivers/net/pcap/pcap_osdep_windows.c
@@ -116,3 +116,9 @@ osdep_iface_mac_get(const char *device_name, struct rte_ether_addr *mac)
 	free(info);
 	return ret;
 }
+
+int
+osdep_iface_mtu_set(int index __rte_unused, uint16_t mtu __rte_unused)
+{
+	return -ENOTSUP;
+}
-- 
2.51.0



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