From: Xin Long > Sent: 23 June 2021 04:49 ... > [103] pl_send: PLPMTUD: state: 1, size: 1200, high: 0 <--[a] > [103] pl_recv: PLPMTUD: state: 1, size: 1200, high: 0 ... > [103] pl_send: PLPMTUD: state: 2, size: 1456, high: 0 > [103] pl_recv: PLPMTUD: state: 2, size: 1456, high: 0 <--[b] > [103] pl_send: PLPMTUD: state: 2, size: 1488, high: 0 > [108] pl_send: PLPMTUD: state: 2, size: 1488, high: 0 > [113] pl_send: PLPMTUD: state: 2, size: 1488, high: 0 > [118] pl_send: PLPMTUD: state: 2, size: 1488, high: 0 > [118] pl_recv: PLPMTUD: state: 2, size: 1456, high: 1488 <---[c] > [118] pl_send: PLPMTUD: state: 2, size: 1460, high: 1488 > [118] pl_recv: PLPMTUD: state: 2, size: 1460, high: 1488 <--- [d] > [118] pl_send: PLPMTUD: state: 2, size: 1464, high: 1488 > [124] pl_send: PLPMTUD: state: 2, size: 1464, high: 1488 > [129] pl_send: PLPMTUD: state: 2, size: 1464, high: 1488 > [134] pl_send: PLPMTUD: state: 2, size: 1464, high: 1488 > [134] pl_recv: PLPMTUD: state: 2, size: 1460, high: 1464 <-- around > 30s "search complete from 1200 bytes" > [287] pl_send: PLPMTUD: state: 3, size: 1460, high: 0 > [287] pl_recv: PLPMTUD: state: 3, size: 1460, high: 0 > [287] pl_send: PLPMTUD: state: 2, size: 1464, high: 0 <-- [aa] > [292] pl_send: PLPMTUD: state: 2, size: 1464, high: 0 > [298] pl_send: PLPMTUD: state: 2, size: 1464, high: 0 > [303] pl_send: PLPMTUD: state: 2, size: 1464, high: 0 > [303] pl_recv: PLPMTUD: state: 2, size: 1460, high: 1464 <--[bb] <-- > around 15s "re-search complete from current pmtu" > > So since no interval to send the next probe when the ACK is received > for the last one, > it won't take much time from [a] to [b], and [c] to [d], > and there are at most 2 failures to find the right pmtu, each failure > takes 5s * 3 = 15s. > > when it goes back to search from search complete after a long timeout, > it will take only 1 failure to get the right pmtu from [aa] to [bb]. What mtu is being used during the 'failures' ? I hope it is the last working one. Also, what actually happen if the network route changes from one that supports 1460 bytes to one that only supports 1200 and where ICMP errors are not generated? The first protocol retry is (probably) after 2 seconds. But it will use the 1460 byte mtu and fail again. Notwithstanding the standards, what pmtu actually exist 'in the wild' for normal networks? Are there actually any others apart from 'full sized ethernet' and 'PPPoE'? So would it actually better to send two probes one for each of those two sizes and see which ones respond? (I'm not sure we ever manage to send full length packets. Our data is M3UA (mostly SMS) and sent with Nagle disabled. So even the customers sending 1000s of SMS/sec are unlikely to fill packets.) David - Registered Address Lakeside, Bramley Road, Mount Farm, Milton Keynes, MK1 1PT, UK Registration No: 1397386 (Wales)
