Commit c7159e960f ("usbnet: limit max_mtu based on device's hard_mtu")
capped net->max_mtu to the device's hard_mtu in usbnet_probe(). While
this correctly prevents oversized packets on standard USB network
devices, it breaks the qmi_wwan driver.
qmi_wwan relies on userspace (e.g. ModemManager) setting a large MTU on
the wwan0 interface to configure rx_urb_size via usbnet_change_mtu().
QMI modems negotiate USB transfer sizes of 16,383 or 32,767 bytes, and
the USB receive buffers must be sized accordingly. With max_mtu capped
to hard_mtu (~1500 bytes), userspace can no longer raise the MTU, the
receive buffers remain small, and download speeds drop from >300 Mbps
to ~0.8 Mbps.
Introduce a FLAG_NOMAXMTU driver flag that allows individual usbnet
drivers to opt out of the max_mtu cap. Set this flag in qmi_wwan's
driver_info structures to restore the previous behavior for QMI devices,
while keeping the safety fix in place for all other usbnet drivers.
Fixes: c7159e960f ("usbnet: limit max_mtu based on device's hard_mtu")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAPh3n803k8JcBPV5qEzUB-oKzWkAs-D5CU7z=Vd_nLRCr5ZqQg@mail.gmail.com/
Reported-by: Koen Vandeputte <koen.vandeputte@citymesh.com>
Tested-by: Daniele Palmas <dnlplm@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Laurent Vivier <lvivier@redhat.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260304134338.1785002-1-lvivier@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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