netdev - Re: [PATCH nf] netfilter: nf_defrag_ipv6: allow nf_conntrack_frag6_high

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Message-ID: <YwW/3dbRyuQnF8P7@salvia>
Date:   Wed, 24 Aug 2022 08:06:21 +0200
From:   Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
To:     Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:     Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@...ckhole.kfki.hu>,
        Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>,
        netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH nf] netfilter: nf_defrag_ipv6: allow
 nf_conntrack_frag6_high_thresh increases

On Tue, Aug 23, 2022 at 04:38:48PM -0700, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> 
> Currently, net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_frag6_high_thresh can only be lowered.
> 
> I found this issue while investigating a probable kernel issue
> causing flakes in tools/testing/selftests/net/ip_defrag.sh
> 
> In particular, these sysctl changes were ignored:
> 	ip netns exec "${NETNS}" sysctl -w net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_frag6_high_thresh=9000000 >/dev/null 2>&1
> 	ip netns exec "${NETNS}" sysctl -w net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_frag6_low_thresh=7000000  >/dev/null 2>&1
> 
> This change is inline with commit 836196239298 ("net/ipfrag: let ip[6]frag_high_thresh
> in ns be higher than in init_net")

Applied, thanks