[PATCH net v2] net: vrf: Fix ping failed when vrf mtu is set to 0

From: linmiaohe
Date: Sun Apr 07 2019 - 02:47:15 EST


From: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx>

When the mtu of a vrf device is set to 0, it would cause ping
failed. So I think we should limit vrf mtu in a reasonable range
to solve this problem. I set dev->min_mtu to 1280, so it will
works for both ipv4 and ipv6. And if dev->max_mtu still be 0
can be confusing, so I set dev->max_mtu to 0xFFFFU.

Here is the reproduce step:

1.Config vrf interface and set mtu to 0:
3: enp4s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel
master vrf1 state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
link/ether 52:54:00:9e:dd:c1 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

2.Ping peer:
3: enp4s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel
master vrf1 state UP group default qlen 1000
link/ether 52:54:00:9e:dd:c1 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 10.0.0.1/16 scope global enp4s0
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
connect: Network is unreachable

3.Set mtu to default value, ping works:
PING 10.0.0.2 (10.0.0.2) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=1.88 ms

Fixes: ad49bc6361ca2 ("net: vrf: remove MTU limits for vrf device")
Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
V1->V2:
- fix patch commit message
- adjust to work for ipv6

drivers/net/vrf.c | 10 ++++++++--
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/vrf.c b/drivers/net/vrf.c
index 7c1430ed0244..4d35d37f225a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vrf.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vrf.c
@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@

#define FIB_RULE_PREF 1000 /* default preference for FIB rules */

+/* The MTU is really irrelevant for VRF except for odd cases, so limit it
+ * to a reasonable range which both works for IPV4 and IPV6.
+ */
+#define VRF_MIN_MTU 1280 /* same as IPV6_MIN_MTU */
+#define VRF_MAX_MTU 0xFFFFU /* same as IP_MAX_MTU */
+
static unsigned int vrf_net_id;

struct net_vrf {
@@ -1274,8 +1280,8 @@ static void vrf_setup(struct net_device *dev)
/* default to no qdisc; user can add if desired */
dev->priv_flags |= IFF_NO_QUEUE;

- dev->min_mtu = 0;
- dev->max_mtu = 0;
+ dev->min_mtu = VRF_MIN_MTU;
+ dev->max_mtu = VRF_MAX_MTU;
}

static int vrf_validate(struct nlattr *tb[], struct nlattr *data[],
--
2.19.1