netdev - Re: problem forwarding IP fragments with DF bit set (caused by ipv4: fix path MTU discovery with connection tracking)

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Date:	Tue, 29 Apr 2014 15:33:27 +0100
From:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
To:	Maxime Bizon <mbizon@...ebox.fr>
Cc:	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, davem@...emloft.net,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: problem forwarding IP fragments with DF bit set (caused by ipv4:
 fix path MTU discovery with connection tracking)

On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 06:37:36PM +0200, Maxime Bizon wrote:
> 
> Hello Patrick & Eric,
> 
> After upgrading a router with a kernel that has patch 5f2d04f1f9 (ipv4:
> fix path MTU discovery with connection tracking), some packets are not
> forwarded anymore.
> 
> (note: kernel is 3.11.10, and conntrack is enabled)
> 
> Offending packets are IP fragments with DF bit set, MTU is the same on
> both interfaces involved in forwarding. All received fragments are
> (obviously) below MTU. The resulting packet after re-assembly is however
> above MTU.
> 
> conntrack causes the packets to be re-assembled, but since the resulting
> skb now has IP_DF set, it fails the (DF + MTU) test in ip_forward.c and
> causes ICMP frag_needed to be sent.

That is the correct behaviour.

> Without the patch, the packet was (re-)fragmented in the output path
> (but as the patch says, breaking PMTUD because original fragment size is
> not considered).

Yes. The sending host should receive the ICMP frag needed and adjust it's
size accordingly.
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