net: ipv4: Add ability to have GRE ignore DF bit in IPv4 payloads
In the presence of firewalls which improperly block ICMP Unreachable
(including Fragmentation Required) messages, Path MTU Discovery is
prevented from working.
A workaround is to handle IPv4 payloads opaquely, ignoring the DF bit--as
is done for other payloads like AppleTalk--and doing transparent
fragmentation and reassembly.
Redux includes the enforcement of mutual exclusion between this feature
and Path MTU Discovery as suggested by Alexander Duyck.
Cc: Alexander Duyck <alexander.duyck@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Signed-off-by: Philip Prindeville <philipp@redfish-solutions.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/include/net/ip_tunnels.h b/include/net/ip_tunnels.h
index dbf4444..9222678 100644
--- a/include/net/ip_tunnels.h
+++ b/include/net/ip_tunnels.h
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@
int ip_tnl_net_id;
struct gro_cells gro_cells;
bool collect_md;
+ bool ignore_df;
};
#define TUNNEL_CSUM __cpu_to_be16(0x01)