[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH v1 iwl-net] igc: fix missing update of skb->tail in igc_xmit_frame()
Paul Menzel
pmenzel at molgen.mpg.de
Wed Feb 18 08:08:43 UTC 2026
Dear Kohei,
Thank you for your patch.
Am 14.02.26 um 20:46 schrieb Kohei Enju:
> 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));
> }
Reviewed-by: Paul Menzel <pmenzel at molgen.mpg.de>
Kind regards,
Paul
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