@@ -144,6 +144,11 @@ static bool e1000_clean_rx_irq(struct e1000_adapter *adapter,
static bool e1000_clean_jumbo_rx_irq(struct e1000_adapter *adapter,
struct e1000_rx_ring *rx_ring,
int *work_done, int work_to_do);
+static void e1000_alloc_dummy_rx_buffers(struct e1000_adapter *adapter,
+ struct e1000_rx_ring *rx_ring,
+ int cleaned_count)
+{
+}
static void e1000_alloc_rx_buffers(struct e1000_adapter *adapter,
struct e1000_rx_ring *rx_ring,
int cleaned_count);
@@ -3552,8 +3557,11 @@ static int e1000_change_mtu(struct net_device *netdev, int new_mtu)
msleep(1);
/* e1000_down has a dependency on max_frame_size */
hw->max_frame_size = max_frame;
- if (netif_running(netdev))
+ if (netif_running(netdev)) {
+ /* prevent buffers from being reallocated */
+ adapter->alloc_rx_buf = e1000_alloc_dummy_rx_buffers;
e1000_down(adapter);
+ }
/* NOTE: netdev_alloc_skb reserves 16 bytes, and typically NET_IP_ALIGN
* means we reserve 2 more, this pushes us to allocate from the next