netdev - [PATCH 3/4] [NET] MTU discovery check in ip6

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Date:	Wed, 18 Apr 2007 21:09:41 -0400
From:	John Heffner <jheffner@....edu>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	John Heffner <jheffner@....edu>
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] [NET] MTU discovery check in ip6_fragment()

Adds a check in ip6_fragment() mirroring ip_fragment() for packets
that we can't fragment, and sends an ICMP Packet Too Big message
in response.

Signed-off-by: John Heffner <jheffner@....edu>
---
 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c |   13 +++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
index 4cfdad4..5a5b7d4 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
@@ -567,6 +567,19 @@ static int ip6_fragment(struct sk_buff *skb, int (*output)(struct sk_buff *))
 	nexthdr = *prevhdr;
 
 	mtu = dst_mtu(&rt->u.dst);
+
+	/* 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.)
+	 */
+	if (!np || np->pmtudisc >= IPV6_PMTUDISC_DO) {
+		skb->dev = skb->dst->dev;
+		icmpv6_send(skb, ICMPV6_PKT_TOOBIG, 0, mtu, skb->dev);
+		IP6_INC_STATS(ip6_dst_idev(skb->dst), IPSTATS_MIB_FRAGFAILS);
+		kfree_skb(skb);
+		return -EMSGSIZE;
+	}
+
 	if (np && np->frag_size < mtu) {
 		if (np->frag_size)
 			mtu = np->frag_size;
-- 
1.5.1.rc3.30.ga8f4-dirty

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