Re: 3.4.92 MTU issues

From: Alexei Starovoitov
Date: Tue Jun 10 2014 - 17:17:00 EST


cc-ing netdev

On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 12:43 PM, EgervÃry Gergely <gergely@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> we have just upgraded our systems from 3.4.91 (longterm) to 3.4.92.
> Since then we are experiencing dozens of MTU-related network timeout
> issues. Reverting back to 3.4.91 fixes all of these problems.
>
> Both kernel versions are built from vanilla sources with the same
> .config. These can be highly reproduced over VPN tunnels or even over
> simple ethernet connections when using DNAT. (TCP port forward) It
> looks like MTU path discovery is somehow affected.
>
> ICMP is not filtered in our network. (For testing, we flushed all
> iptables rules, set all policies to ACCEPT, and problem still exists.)
> We do not use any special sysctl settings. Was there any changes
> related to packet forwarding or MTU discovery?

some combination of old kernel and backport of ("net: ipv4:
ip_forward: fix inverted local_df test") ?
just guessing

> Thank you in advance,
> --
> Gergely EGERVARY
> Network Administrator
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