netdev - Re: [PATCH ipsec] xfrm: remove the fragment check for ipv6 beet mode

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Date:   Thu, 3 Jun 2021 10:18:16 +0200
From:   Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
To:     Xin Long <lucien.xin@...il.com>
CC:     <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Sabrina Dubroca <sd@...asysnail.net>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH ipsec] xfrm: remove the fragment check for ipv6 beet mode

On Sat, May 29, 2021 at 04:23:18PM -0400, Xin Long wrote:
> In commit 68dc022d04eb ("xfrm: BEET mode doesn't support fragments
> for inner packets"), it tried to fix the issue that in TX side the
> packet is fragmented before the ESP encapping while in the RX side
> the fragments always get reassembled before decapping with ESP.
> 
> This is not true for IPv6. IPv6 is different, and it's using exthdr
> to save fragment info, as well as the ESP info. Exthdrs are added
> in TX and processed in RX both in order. So in the above case, the
> ESP decapping will be done earlier than the fragment reassembling
> in TX side.
> 
> Here just remove the fragment check for the IPv6 inner packets to
> recover the fragments support for BEET mode.
> 
> Fixes: 68dc022d04eb ("xfrm: BEET mode doesn't support fragments for inner packets")
> Reported-by: Xiumei Mu <xmu@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Xin Long <lucien.xin@...il.com>

Applied, thanks Xin!