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From: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
To: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: fw@strlen.de, netdev@vger.kernel.org, hannes@stressinduktion.org,
	Maxime Bizon <mbizon@freebox.fr>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next, V3 0/2] net: force refragmentation for DF reassembed skbs
Date: Fri, 22 May 2015 21:26:51 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150522192651.GA3629@breakpoint.cc> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150522.150310.2248217318352290500.davem@davemloft.net>

David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> wrote:

[ cc'd Maxime Bizon ]

> From: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
> Date: Fri, 22 May 2015 16:32:49 +0200
> 
> > IP (ttl 64, id 12345, offset 0, flags [+, DF], proto UDP (17), length 1204)
> >     192.168.7.1.42 > 10.23.42.2.42: UDP, length 1400
> > IP (ttl 64, id 12345, offset 1184, flags [DF], proto UDP (17), length 244)
> >     192.168.7.1 > 10.23.42.2: ip-proto-17
> 
> I almost consider a fragment with DF set an oxymoron.
> 
> How does this happen?

Good question.  I have no idea why or how this happens.

But it does happen, see e.g. following bug report:
http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=139870308431986&w=2

Maxime, do you recall what type of traffic generates
the DF-fragments you reported?

Thanks.

  reply	other threads:[~2015-05-22 19:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-05-22 14:32 [PATCH -next, V3 0/2] net: force refragmentation for DF reassembed skbs Florian Westphal
2015-05-22 14:32 ` [PATCH -next 1/2] net: ipv4: avoid repeated calls to ip_skb_dst_mtu helper Florian Westphal
2015-05-22 14:43   ` Hannes Frederic Sowa
2015-05-22 14:32 ` [PATCH -next 2/2] ip_fragment: don't forward defragmented DF packet Florian Westphal
2015-05-22 14:45   ` Hannes Frederic Sowa
2015-05-22 19:03 ` [PATCH -next, V3 0/2] net: force refragmentation for DF reassembed skbs David Miller
2015-05-22 19:26   ` Florian Westphal [this message]
2015-05-26  9:57     ` Maxime Bizon
2015-05-26 14:50       ` Florian Westphal
2015-05-22 22:52   ` Hannes Frederic Sowa
2015-05-27 17:04 ` David Miller

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