[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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