[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH v1 iwl-net] igc: fix missing update of skb->tail in igc_xmit_frame()

Kohei Enju kohei at enjuk.jp
Sat Feb 14 19:46:32 UTC 2026


igc_xmit_frame() misses updating skb->tail when the packet size is
shorter than the minimum one.
Use skb_put_padto() in alignment with other Intel Ethernet drivers.

Fixes: 0507ef8a0372 ("igc: Add transmit and receive fastpath and interrupt handlers")
Signed-off-by: Kohei Enju <kohei at enjuk.jp>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c | 7 ++-----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c
index 1abbdbebf8a4..7ebeca5333b6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c
@@ -1727,11 +1727,8 @@ static netdev_tx_t igc_xmit_frame(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	/* The minimum packet size with TCTL.PSP set is 17 so pad the skb
 	 * in order to meet this minimum size requirement.
 	 */
-	if (skb->len < 17) {
-		if (skb_padto(skb, 17))
-			return NETDEV_TX_OK;
-		skb->len = 17;
-	}
+	if (skb_put_padto(skb, 17))
+		return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 
 	return igc_xmit_frame_ring(skb, igc_tx_queue_mapping(adapter, skb));
 }
-- 
2.51.0



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