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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipv6: update MSS even if MTU is unchanged
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:37:36 -0800 (PST)
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From: Jim Paris <jim@jtan.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 17:02:48 -0500

> This is needed because in ndisc.c, we have:
> 
>   static void ndisc_router_discovery(struct sk_buff *skb)
>   {
>   // ...
>   	if (ndopts.nd_opts_mtu) {
>   // ...
>   			if (rt)
>   				rt->u.dst.metrics[RTAX_MTU-1] = mtu;
> 
>   			rt6_mtu_change(skb->dev, mtu);
>   // ...
>   }
> 
> Since the mtu is set directly here, rt6_mtu_change_route thinks that
> it is unchanged, and so it fails to update the MSS accordingly.  This
> patch lets rt6_mtu_change_route still update MSS if old_mtu == new_mtu.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jim Paris <jim@jtan.com>

This seems ok, patch applied, thanks.