Re: MTU does not change

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Hey there,

On 10/5/22 at 9:47 AM, Вячеслав Сальников wrote:
Hi.

I apologize if I wrote in the wrong mail list. I have not found
linux-netdev for questions

I've Cc'd the netdev and stable lists.


I switched from kernel versions 4.9 to 5.15 and found that the MTU on
the interfaces in the bridge does not change.
For example:
I have the following bridge:
bridge      interface
br0          sw1
                sw2
                sw3

And I change with ifconfig MTU.
I see that br0 sw1..sw3 has changed MTU from 1500 -> 1982.

But if i send a ping through these interfaces, I get 1500(I added
prints for output)
I investigated the code and found the reason:
The following commit came in the new kernel:
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ac6627a28dbfb5d96736544a00c3938fa7ea6dfb

And the behavior of the MTU setting has changed:

Kernel 4.9:
if (net->ipv4.sysctl_ip_fwd_use_pmtu ||
    ip_mtu_locked(dst) ||
    !forwarding)  <--- True
return dst_mtu(dst) <--- 1982


/ 'forwarding = true' case should always honour route mtu /
mtu = dst_metric_raw(dst, RTAX_MTU);
if (mtu)
return mtu;



Kernel 5.15:

if (READ_ONCE(net->ipv4.sysctl_ip_fwd_use_pmtu) ||
    ip_mtu_locked(dst) ||
    !forwarding) { <--- True
mtu = rt->rt_pmtu;  <--- 0
if (mtu && time_before(jiffies, rt->dst.expires)) <-- False
goto out;
}

/ 'forwarding = true' case should always honour route mtu /
mtu = dst_metric_raw(dst, RTAX_MTU); <---- 1500
if (mtu) <--- True
goto out;


Why is rt_pmtu now used instead of dst_mtu?
Why is forwarding = False called with dst_metric_raw?
Maybe we should add processing when mtu = rt->rt_pmtu == 0?
Could this be an error?


Cheers,
-srw




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