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![]() The MTU update code is supposed to be invoked in response to real networking events that update the PMTU. In IPv6 PMTU update function __ip6_rt_update_pmtu() we called dst_confirm_neigh() to update neighbor confirmed time. But for tunnel code, it will call pmtu before xmit, like: - tnl_update_pmtu() - skb_dst_update_pmtu() - ip6_rt_update_pmtu() - __ip6_rt_update_pmtu() - dst_confirm_neigh() If the tunnel remote dst mac address changed and we still do the neigh confirm, we will not be able to update neigh cache and ping6 remote will failed. So for this ip_tunnel_xmit() case, _EVEN_ if the MTU is changed, we should not be invoking dst_confirm_neigh() as we have no evidence of successful two-way communication at this point. On the other hand it is also important to keep the neigh reachability fresh for TCP flows, so we cannot remove this dst_confirm_neigh() call. To fix the issue, we have to add a new bool parameter for dst_ops.update_pmtu to choose whether we should do neigh update or not. I will add the parameter in this patch and set all the callers to true to comply with the previous way, and fix the tunnel code one by one on later patches. v5: No change. v4: No change. v3: Do not remove dst_confirm_neigh, but add a new bool parameter in dst_ops.update_pmtu to control whether we should do neighbor confirm. Also split the big patch to small ones for each area. v2: Remove dst_confirm_neigh in __ip6_rt_update_pmtu. Suggested-by: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Reviewed-by: Guillaume Nault <gnault@redhat.com> Acked-by: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> |
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netfilter | ||
af_decnet.c | ||
dn_dev.c | ||
dn_fib.c | ||
dn_neigh.c | ||
dn_nsp_in.c | ||
dn_nsp_out.c | ||
dn_route.c | ||
dn_rules.c | ||
dn_table.c | ||
dn_timer.c | ||
Kconfig | ||
Makefile | ||
README | ||
sysctl_net_decnet.c | ||
TODO |
Linux DECnet Project ====================== The documentation for this kernel subsystem is available in the Documentation/networking subdirectory of this distribution and also on line at http://www.chygwyn.com/DECnet/ Steve Whitehouse <SteveW@ACM.org>