netdev - [PATCH 2/2] ipv4: fix mss comparison

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Date:	Tue, 28 Feb 2012 16:28:17 +0800
From:	roy.qing.li@...il.com
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] ipv4: fix mss comparison 

From: RongQing.Li <roy.qing.li@...il.com>

mss should compare with 65535 - sizeof(struct tcphdr),  
the largest mss is 65535 - sizeof(struct tcphdr).  
40 is sum of sizeof(struct tcphdr) and sizeof(struct iphdr)

Signed-off-by: RongQing.Li <roy.qing.li@...il.com>
---
 net/ipv4/route.c |    4 ++--
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/route.c b/net/ipv4/route.c
index 0489ced..c72f765 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/route.c
@@ -1914,8 +1914,8 @@ static unsigned int ipv4_default_advmss(const struct dst_entry *dst)
 	if (advmss == 0) {
 		advmss = max_t(unsigned int, dst->dev->mtu - 40,
 			       ip_rt_min_advmss);
-		if (advmss > 65535 - 40)
-			advmss = 65535 - 40;
+		if (advmss > 65535 - sizeof(struct tcphdr))
+			advmss = 65535 - sizeof(struct tcphdr);
 	}
 	return advmss;
 }
-- 
1.7.1

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