PATCH: 2.4.37.9 MTU change for TUN/TAP interfaces

[Sylvain Rochet <gradator@gradator.net>]

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Hi,

This patch add the ability to change the MTU of TUN/TAP interfaces for 
the 2.4.x kernels series.

Best regards,
Sylvain

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diff -Nru linux-2.4.36.6.a/drivers/net/tun.c linux-2.4.36.6.b/drivers/net/tun.c
--- linux-2.4.36.6.a/drivers/net/tun.c	2008-06-06 18:25:34.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.4.36.6.b/drivers/net/tun.c	2010-04-07 17:51:33.000000000 +0200
@@ -118,6 +118,17 @@
 	return &tun->stats;
 }
 
+#define MIN_MTU 68
+#define MAX_MTU 65535
+
+static int tun_net_change_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int new_mtu)  {
+	if (new_mtu < MIN_MTU || new_mtu + dev->hard_header_len > MAX_MTU)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	dev->mtu = new_mtu;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+
 /* Initialize net device. */
 int tun_net_init(struct net_device *dev)
 {
@@ -156,6 +167,7 @@
 		break;
 	};
 
+	dev->change_mtu = tun_net_change_mtu;
 	return 0;
 }
 

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