From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH] net-ipv6: on device mtu change do not add mtu to mtu-less routes Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2016 13:20:38 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <20161109.132038.703907726217904996.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1478296314-32396-1-git-send-email-zenczykowski@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=iso-8859-2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Cc: maze@google.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, edumazet@google.com To: zenczykowski@gmail.com Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([184.105.139.130]:38210 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751202AbcKISUk (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Nov 2016 13:20:40 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1478296314-32396-1-git-send-email-zenczykowski@gmail.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Maciej Żenczykowski Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2016 14:51:54 -0700 > From: Maciej Żenczykowski > > Routes can specify an mtu explicitly or inherit the mtu from > the underlying device - this inheritance is implemented in > dst->ops->mtu handlers ip6_mtu() and ip6_blackhole_mtu(). > > Currently changing the mtu of a device adds mtu explicitly > to routes using that device. ... > This is desirable because changing device mtu and then resetting it > to the previous value shouldn't change the user visible routing table. > > Signed-off-by: Maciej Żenczykowski Applied, thank you.