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ipv6: Use 1280 as min MTU for ipv6 forwarding
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Clients will set their MTU to 1280 if they receive a
ICMPV6_PKT_TOOBIG message with an MTU less than 1280.

To allow encapsulating of packets over a 1280 link
we should always accept packets with a size of 1280
for forwarding even if the path has a lower MTU and
fragment the encapsulated packets afterwards.

In case a forwarded packet is not going to be encapsulated
a ICMPV6_PKT_TOOBIG msg will still be send by ip6_fragment()
with the correct MTU.

Signed-off-by: Ulrich Weber <uweber@astaro.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Ulrich Weber authored and David S. Miller committed Feb 26, 2010
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12 changes: 8 additions & 4 deletions net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
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Expand Up @@ -402,6 +402,7 @@ int ip6_forward(struct sk_buff *skb)
struct ipv6hdr *hdr = ipv6_hdr(skb);
struct inet6_skb_parm *opt = IP6CB(skb);
struct net *net = dev_net(dst->dev);
u32 mtu;

if (net->ipv6.devconf_all->forwarding == 0)
goto error;
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}
}

if (skb->len > dst_mtu(dst)) {
mtu = dst_mtu(dst);
if (mtu < IPV6_MIN_MTU)
mtu = IPV6_MIN_MTU;

if (skb->len > mtu) {
/* Again, force OUTPUT device used as source address */
skb->dev = dst->dev;
icmpv6_send(skb, ICMPV6_PKT_TOOBIG, 0, dst_mtu(dst));
icmpv6_send(skb, ICMPV6_PKT_TOOBIG, 0, mtu);
IP6_INC_STATS_BH(net,
ip6_dst_idev(dst), IPSTATS_MIB_INTOOBIGERRORS);
IP6_INC_STATS_BH(net,
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mtu = ip6_skb_dst_mtu(skb);

/* We must not fragment if the socket is set to force MTU discovery
* or if the skb it not generated by a local socket. (This last
* check should be redundant, but it's free.)
* or if the skb it not generated by a local socket.
*/
if (!skb->local_df) {
skb->dev = skb_dst(skb)->dev;
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