From: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
To: Saikiran Madugula <hummerbliss@gmail.com>
Cc: netdev <netdev@vger.kernel.org>, netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Allow fragmentation of VLAN packets traversing a bridge.
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:57:19 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <49E8A6DF.3040905@trash.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <49E89E0D.5080000@gmail.com>
Saikiran Madugula wrote:
> br_nf_dev_queue_xmit only checks for ETH_P_IP packets for fragmenting but not
> VLAN packets. This results in dropping of large VLAN packets. This can be
> observed when connection tracking is enabled. Connection tracking re-assembles
> fragmented packets, and these have to be re-fragmented when transmitting out.
>
> Signed-off-by: Saikiran Madugula <hummerbliss@gmail.com>
> ---
> net/bridge/br_netfilter.c | 2 +-
> 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/bridge/br_netfilter.c b/net/bridge/br_netfilter.c
> index 3953ac4..941f702 100644
> --- a/net/bridge/br_netfilter.c
> +++ b/net/bridge/br_netfilter.c
> @@ -790,7 +790,7 @@ static unsigned int br_nf_local_out(unsigned int hook, struct sk_buff *skb,
>
> static int br_nf_dev_queue_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb)
> {
> - if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP) &&
> + if ((skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP) || IS_VLAN_IP(skb)) &&
> skb->len > skb->dev->mtu &&
> !skb_is_gso(skb))
> return ip_fragment(skb, br_dev_queue_push_xmit);
Please add an additional check for skb->nfct != NULL to make sure
that this only refragments packets defragmented by conntrack.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-04-17 15:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-04-17 15:19 [PATCH] Allow fragmentation of VLAN packets traversing a bridge Saikiran Madugula
2009-04-17 15:57 ` Patrick McHardy [this message]
2009-04-17 17:07 ` Saikiran Madugula
2009-04-17 17:20 ` Patrick McHardy
2009-04-17 22:51 ` Saikiran Madugula
2009-04-20 15:13 ` Patrick McHardy
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