linux-kernel - Re: Per route MTU settings are broken in linux kernel 3.2

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Message-ID: <1372077951.21189.16.camel@deadeye.wl.decadent.org.uk>
Date:	Mon, 24 Jun 2013 13:45:51 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:	Yura Pakhuchiy <pakhuchiy@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Per route MTU settings are broken in linux kernel 3.2

On Mon, 2013-06-24 at 15:44 +0700, Yura Pakhuchiy wrote:
> Hello Ben,
> 
> Looks like setting per route MTU (as described in [1]) is broken in
> Linux kernel 3.2. I tested with newer Ubuntu kernels 3.5 and 3.8 and it
> looks like problem is fixed there. I filled Ubuntu bug report [2] with
> more details and sample script which illustrates problem. But since this
> problem is probably also present in stock kernel (not just in Ubuntu),
> is it possible to backport fixes to stable 3.2 series?
> 
> 1. http://lartc.org/howto/lartc.cookbook.mtu-discovery.html
> 2. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1177507

Sure, what are the fixes?

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Lowery's Law:
             If it jams, force it. If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway.

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