[PATCH net v3 2/3] gtp: clear DF bit on GTP packet tx

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Andreas Schultz aschultz at tpip.net
Fri Jan 27 09:40:57 UTC 2017


3GPP TS 29.281 and 3GPP TS 29.060 imply that GTP-U packets should be
sent with the DF bit cleared. For example 3GPP TS 29.060, Release 8,
Section 13.2.2:

> Backbone router: Any router in the backbone may fragment the GTP
> packet if needed, according to IPv4.

Signed-off-by: Andreas Schultz <aschultz at tpip.net>
Acked-by: Harald Welte <laforge at netfilter.org>
Acked-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo at netfilter.org>
---
 drivers/net/gtp.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/gtp.c b/drivers/net/gtp.c
index 7580ccc..1df54d6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/gtp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/gtp.c
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t gtp_dev_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 				    pktinfo.fl4.saddr, pktinfo.fl4.daddr,
 				    pktinfo.iph->tos,
 				    ip4_dst_hoplimit(&pktinfo.rt->dst),
-				    htons(IP_DF),
+				    0,
 				    pktinfo.gtph_port, pktinfo.gtph_port,
 				    true, false);
 		break;
-- 
2.10.2




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