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Date:	Tue, 09 Dec 2014 09:54:02 +0100
From:	Thomas Jarosch <thomas.jarosch@...ra2net.com>
To:	Wolfgang Walter <linux@...m.de>
Cc:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
	Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
Subject: Re: [bisected] xfrm: TCP connection initiating PMTU discovery stalls on v3.12+

On Monday, 8. December 2014 23:20:42 Wolfgang Walter wrote:
> Am Freitag, 5. Dezember 2014, 05:26:25 schrieb Eric Dumazet:
> > On Fri, 2014-12-05 at 13:09 +0100, Wolfgang Walter wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > > 
> > > as reverting this patch fixes this rather annoying problem: is it
> > > dangerous to revert it as a workaround until the root cause is found?
> > 
> > Unfortunately no, this patch fixes a serious issue.
> > 
> > We need to find the root cause of your problem instead of trying to work
> > around it.
> 
> I only wanted to use it as local workaround here.
> 
> 
> I looked a bit at at code. I'm not familiar with the network code, though
> :-).

If it helps, I'm running the reverted patch on five production boxes hitherto 
without a hiccup. As far as I understood the original commit message,
some packet counters might me wrong without it.

@Eric: What could possibly go wrong(tm)? :)

Of course a real fix is preferred over this band-aid.

Cheers,
Thomas

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