linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 net-next 0/3] ipv6: avoid atomic fragment on GSO output

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Message-ID: <cover.1697779681.git.yan@cloudflare.com>
Date:   Thu, 19 Oct 2023 22:32:46 -0700
From:   Yan Zhai <yan@...udflare.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Aya Levin <ayal@...dia.com>,
        Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...dia.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-team@...udflare.com, Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>,
        Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>,
        Alexander H Duyck <alexander.duyck@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 net-next 0/3] ipv6: avoid atomic fragment on GSO output

When the ipv6 stack output a GSO packet, if its gso_size is larger than
dst MTU, then all segments would be fragmented. However, it is possible
for a GSO packet to have a trailing segment with smaller actual size
than both gso_size as well as the MTU, which leads to an "atomic
fragment". Atomic fragments are considered harmful in RFC-8021. An
Existing report from APNIC also shows that atomic fragments are more
likely to be dropped even it is equivalent to a no-op [1].

The series contains following changes on IPv6 output:
* drop dst_allfrag check, which is always false now
* refactor __ip6_finish_output code to separate GSO and non-GSO packet processing,
  mirroring IPv4 side logic
* avoid generating atomic fragment on GSO packets

Link: https://www.potaroo.net/presentations/2022-03-01-ipv6-frag.pdf [1]

change log:
V2 -> V3: split the changes to separate commits as Willem de Bruijn suggested
V1 is incorrect and omitted

V2: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/ZS1%2Fqtr0dZJ35VII@debian.debian/

Yan Zhai (3):
  ipv6: remove dst_allfrag test on ipv6 output
  ipv6: refactor ip6_finish_output for GSO handling
  ipv6: avoid atomic fragment on GSO packets

 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

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