Bug ID 1677837: TMM data plane interface might stop receiving traffic if it receives oversized packets.

Last Modified: Oct 19, 2025

Affected Product(s):
BIG_IP_NEXT(SPK) SPK(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
1.7.10

Fixed In:
1.7.11

Opened: Sep 24, 2024

Severity: 2-Critical

Symptoms

The data plane interface of TMM receives packets that are larger than the Maximum Transmission Size (MTU) set on the Virtual Function (VF) (see the "max_sz" column by running the command "tmctl -d blade -w 250 tmm/ndal_rx_stats"). The configured MTU can be seen through the "tmctl -d blade -w 250 tmm/ndal_dev_status" table.

Impact

TMM stops processing traffic.

Conditions

SPK is deployed with: - Mellanox CX-5 NIC. - The MTU configured on the data plane interface is less than the MTU configured on the switch port that is directly connected to the Network Interface Card (NIC).

Workaround

None

Fix Information

The DPDK mlx5 driver now correctly handles non-critical error packets, preventing traffic disruption.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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