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Now it's using IPV6_MIN_MTU as the min mtu in ip6_tnl_xmit, but IPV6_MIN_MTU actually only works when the inner packet is ipv6. With IPV6_MIN_MTU for ipv4 packets, the new pmtu for inner dst couldn't be set less than 1280. It would cause tx_err and the packet to be dropped when the outer dst pmtu is close to 1280. Jianlin found it by running ipv4 traffic with the topo: (client) gre6 <---> eth1 (route) eth2 <---> gre6 (server) After changing eth2 mtu to 1300, the performance became very low, or the connection was even broken. The issue also affects ip4ip6 and ip6ip6 tunnels. So if the inner packet is ipv4, 576 should be considered as the min mtu. Note that for ip4ip6 and ip6ip6 tunnels, the inner packet can only be ipv4 or ipv6, but for gre6 tunnel, it may also be ARP. This patch using 576 as the min mtu for non-ipv6 packet works for all those cases. Reported-by: Jianlin Shi <jishi@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Xin Long <lucien.xin@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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