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ipv4: allow local fragmentation in ip_finish_output_gso()
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Some configurations (e.g. geneve interface with default
MTU of 1500 over an ethernet interface with 1500 MTU) result
in the transmission of packets that exceed the configured MTU.
While this should be considered to be a "bad" configuration,
it is still allowed and should not result in the sending
of packets that exceed the configured MTU.

Fix by dropping the assumption in ip_finish_output_gso() that
locally originated gso packets will never need fragmentation.
Basic testing using iperf (observing CPU usage and bandwidth)
have shown no measurable performance impact for traffic not
requiring fragmentation.

Fixes: c7ba65d ("net: ip: push gso skb forwarding handling down the stack")
Reported-by: Jan Tluka <jtluka@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Lance Richardson <lrichard@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@stressinduktion.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Lance Richardson authored and David S. Miller committed Nov 3, 2016
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3 changes: 1 addition & 2 deletions include/net/ip.h
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Expand Up @@ -47,8 +47,7 @@ struct inet_skb_parm {
#define IPSKB_REROUTED BIT(4)
#define IPSKB_DOREDIRECT BIT(5)
#define IPSKB_FRAG_PMTU BIT(6)
#define IPSKB_FRAG_SEGS BIT(7)
#define IPSKB_L3SLAVE BIT(8)
#define IPSKB_L3SLAVE BIT(7)

u16 frag_max_size;
};
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion net/ipv4/ip_forward.c
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Expand Up @@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ int ip_forward(struct sk_buff *skb)
if (opt->is_strictroute && rt->rt_uses_gateway)
goto sr_failed;

IPCB(skb)->flags |= IPSKB_FORWARDED | IPSKB_FRAG_SEGS;
IPCB(skb)->flags |= IPSKB_FORWARDED;
mtu = ip_dst_mtu_maybe_forward(&rt->dst, true);
if (ip_exceeds_mtu(skb, mtu)) {
IP_INC_STATS(net, IPSTATS_MIB_FRAGFAILS);
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6 changes: 2 additions & 4 deletions net/ipv4/ip_output.c
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Expand Up @@ -239,11 +239,9 @@ static int ip_finish_output_gso(struct net *net, struct sock *sk,
struct sk_buff *segs;
int ret = 0;

/* common case: fragmentation of segments is not allowed,
* or seglen is <= mtu
/* common case: seglen is <= mtu
*/
if (((IPCB(skb)->flags & IPSKB_FRAG_SEGS) == 0) ||
skb_gso_validate_mtu(skb, mtu))
if (skb_gso_validate_mtu(skb, mtu))
return ip_finish_output2(net, sk, skb);

/* Slowpath - GSO segment length is exceeding the dst MTU.
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11 changes: 0 additions & 11 deletions net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c
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Expand Up @@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ void iptunnel_xmit(struct sock *sk, struct rtable *rt, struct sk_buff *skb,
int pkt_len = skb->len - skb_inner_network_offset(skb);
struct net *net = dev_net(rt->dst.dev);
struct net_device *dev = skb->dev;
int skb_iif = skb->skb_iif;
struct iphdr *iph;
int err;

Expand All @@ -73,16 +72,6 @@ void iptunnel_xmit(struct sock *sk, struct rtable *rt, struct sk_buff *skb,
skb_dst_set(skb, &rt->dst);
memset(IPCB(skb), 0, sizeof(*IPCB(skb)));

if (skb_iif && !(df & htons(IP_DF))) {
/* Arrived from an ingress interface, got encapsulated, with
* fragmentation of encapulating frames allowed.
* If skb is gso, the resulting encapsulated network segments
* may exceed dst mtu.
* Allow IP Fragmentation of segments.
*/
IPCB(skb)->flags |= IPSKB_FRAG_SEGS;
}

/* Push down and install the IP header. */
skb_push(skb, sizeof(struct iphdr));
skb_reset_network_header(skb);
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion net/ipv4/ipmr.c
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Expand Up @@ -1749,7 +1749,7 @@ static void ipmr_queue_xmit(struct net *net, struct mr_table *mrt,
vif->dev->stats.tx_bytes += skb->len;
}

IPCB(skb)->flags |= IPSKB_FORWARDED | IPSKB_FRAG_SEGS;
IPCB(skb)->flags |= IPSKB_FORWARDED;

/* RFC1584 teaches, that DVMRP/PIM router must deliver packets locally
* not only before forwarding, but after forwarding on all output
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