netdev - Re: [PATCH net 0/3] vti4, ip_tunnel: Fixes for MTU assignment and validation

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Date:   Sat, 17 Mar 2018 19:46:13 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     sbrivio@...hat.com
Cc:     sd@...asysnail.net, steffen.klassert@...unet.com,
        herbert@...dor.apana.org.au, pshelar@....org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 0/3] vti4, ip_tunnel: Fixes for MTU assignment and
 validation

From: Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@...hat.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2018 17:16:26 +0100

> Patch 1/3 re-introduces a fix to ensure that default MTU on new
> link is not lowered unnecessarily because of double counting of
> headers. This fix was originally introduced in 2014 and got lost
> in a merge commit shortly afterwards.
> 
> Patches 2/3 and 3/3 ensure that MTU passed from userspace on link
> creation is taken into account and also properly validated.

Steffen, I am assuming that you will pick up this series and the
subsequent one dealing with vti6.

Thank you.