netdev - [PATCH] net: Fragment large datagrams even when IP

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Date:	Mon, 23 May 2016 15:23:45 +0100
From:	Alan Davey <alan.davey@...aswitch.com>
To:	<davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <kuznet@....inr.ac.ru>,
	<jmorris@...ei.org>, <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>, <kaber@...sh.net>,
	Alan Davey <alan.davey@...aswitch.com>
Subject: [PATCH] net: Fragment large datagrams even when IP_HDRINCL is set.

One of the bugs documented in the raw(7) man page is as follows: When the
IP_HDRINCL option is set, datagrams will not be fragmented and are limited to
the interface MTU.

This patch fixes the bug by removing the check for "length > rt->dst.dev->mtu"
in raw_send_hdrinc() (net/ipv4/raw.c).  Datagrams are no longer limited to the
interface MTU size if the IP_HDRINCL option is set, but are fragmented, if
necessary, in the same way as all other datagrams.

Signed-off-by: Alan Davey <alan.davey@...aswitch.com>
---
 net/ipv4/raw.c | 5 -----
 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/raw.c b/net/ipv4/raw.c
index 8d22de7..de690b3 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/raw.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/raw.c
@@ -351,11 +351,6 @@ static int raw_send_hdrinc(struct sock *sk, struct flowi4 *fl4,
 	struct rtable *rt = *rtp;
 	int hlen, tlen;

-	if (length > rt->dst.dev->mtu) {
-		ip_local_error(sk, EMSGSIZE, fl4->daddr, inet->inet_dport,
-			       rt->dst.dev->mtu);
-		return -EMSGSIZE;
-	}
 	if (flags&MSG_PROBE)
 		goto out;

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