IB/ipoib: Add handling for sending of skb with many frags
IPoIB converts skb-fragments to sge adding 1 extra sge when SG is enabled. Current codepath assumes that the max number of sge a device support is at least MAX_SKB_FRAGS+1, there is no interaction with upper layers to limit number of fragments in an skb if a device suports fewer sges. The assumptions also lead to requesting a fixed number of sge when IPoIB creates queue-pairs with SG enabled. A fallback/slowpath is implemented using skb_linearize to handle cases where the conversion would result in more sges than supported. Signed-off-by: Hans Westgaard Ry <hans.westgaard.ry@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Håkon Bugge <haakon.bugge@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Wei Lin Guay <wei.lin.guay@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Yuval Shaia <yuval.shaia@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com>
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