netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/5] gtp: clear DF bit on GTP packet tx

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Message-ID: <20170124191703.GB9897@salvia>
Date:   Tue, 24 Jan 2017 20:17:03 +0100
From:   Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
To:     Andreas Schultz <aschultz@...p.net>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Lionel Gauthier <Lionel.Gauthier@...ecom.fr>,
        openbsc@...ts.osmocom.org, Harald Welte <laforge@...monks.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] gtp: clear DF bit on GTP packet tx

On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 06:23:59PM +0100, Andreas Schultz wrote:
> 3GPP TS 29.281 and 3GPP TS 29.060 imply that GTP-U packets should be
> sent with the DF bit cleared. For example 3GPP TS 29.060, Release 8,
> Section 13.2.2:
> 
> > Backbone router: Any router in the backbone may fragment the GTP
> > packet if needed, according to IPv4.

Given this is fixing a broken implementation with regards to
standards, please target this to net.