* [PATCH net-next v2 1/3] ipv4: Don't raise a cached pmtu from another path's Packet Too Big
2026-11-10 9:59 [PATCH net-next v2 0/3] ipv4/ipv6: Cache pmtu on all paths of a multipath route Vladimir Vdovin
@ 2026-11-10 9:59 ` Vladimir Vdovin
2026-11-10 9:59 ` [PATCH net-next v2 2/3] ipv6: Cache pmtu for all paths of a multipath route Vladimir Vdovin
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From: Vladimir Vdovin @ 2026-11-10 9:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: David Ahern, Ido Schimmel, David S. Miller, Eric Dumazet,
Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Simon Horman, Shuah Khan
Cc: netdev, linux-kernel, linux-kselftest, Vladimir Vdovin
Since commit 7d3f3b4367f3 ("net: ipv4: Cache pmtu for all packet paths
if multipath enabled") __ip_rt_update_pmtu() updates the exception of
every path of a multipath route, but update_or_create_fnhe() overwrites
whatever pmtu a path already has. A Packet Too Big from a wider path
thus raises the pmtu a narrower path has learned, and flows on that path
blackhole until it gets its own Packet Too Big again.
The early return in __ip_rt_update_pmtu() already keeps a pmtu from going
up on the path the Packet Too Big was looked up on. Do the same for the
other paths: leave an unexpired exception with a lower pmtu alone.
Signed-off-by: Vladimir Vdovin <deliran@verdict.gg>
---
net/ipv4/route.c | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/route.c b/net/ipv4/route.c
index d0a5f6d77094..596af782c1fb 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/route.c
@@ -676,6 +676,14 @@ static void update_or_create_fnhe(struct fib_nh_common *nhc, __be32 daddr,
}
if (fnhe) {
+ /* __ip_rt_update_pmtu() caches a pmtu on every path of a
+ * multipath route, don't let a Packet Too Big from one path
+ * raise the pmtu another path already learned.
+ */
+ if (pmtu && fnhe->fnhe_genid == genid && fnhe->fnhe_pmtu &&
+ pmtu > fnhe->fnhe_pmtu &&
+ time_before(jiffies, fnhe->fnhe_expires))
+ goto out_unlock;
if (fnhe->fnhe_genid != genid)
fnhe->fnhe_genid = genid;
if (gw)
--
2.56.0
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2026-11-10 9:59 [PATCH net-next v2 0/3] ipv4/ipv6: Cache pmtu on all paths of a multipath route Vladimir Vdovin
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@ 2026-11-10 9:59 ` Vladimir Vdovin
2026-11-10 9:59 ` [PATCH net-next v2 3/3] selftests: net: pmtu: Add IPv6 and asymmetric multipath tests Vladimir Vdovin
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From: Vladimir Vdovin @ 2026-11-10 9:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: David Ahern, Ido Schimmel, David S. Miller, Eric Dumazet,
Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Simon Horman, Shuah Khan
Cc: netdev, linux-kernel, linux-kselftest, Vladimir Vdovin
ip6_update_pmtu() looks the destination up without the protocol and
ports the offending packet was hashed on, so with a multipath route the
exception may be created on another path than the one the packet took.
The flow then keeps sending too big packets on its path, every Packet
Too Big lands on the same wrong path, and the flow blackholes.
Same problem and same fix as for IPv4 in commit 7d3f3b4367f3 ("net:
ipv4: Cache pmtu for all packet paths if multipath enabled"): cache the
pmtu on every path of the route. For a nexthop object walk all of its
fib6_nh, for a legacy multipath route walk the siblings of the fib6_info
the dst came from. A path that already has an exception for the
destination gets it updated in place, so its gateway from a redirect
stays and its pmtu never goes up, and that also covers a dst that is
itself a cached exception, which used to be updated alone.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/ad29493c-9e48-4a94-b327-e47af3a9d137@kernel.org/
Signed-off-by: Vladimir Vdovin <deliran@verdict.gg>
---
net/ipv6/route.c | 124 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
1 file changed, 82 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 04098cf32eab..dc982400fbab 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -2911,12 +2911,52 @@ static bool rt6_cache_allowed_for_pmtu(const struct rt6_info *rt)
(rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_PCPU || rcu_access_pointer(rt->from));
}
+struct rt6_pmtu_arg {
+ struct fib6_result res;
+ const struct in6_addr *daddr;
+ const struct in6_addr *saddr;
+ u32 mtu;
+};
+
+/* Cache a pmtu on one path of a route: update the exception the path already
+ * has for daddr, keeping its gateway and never raising its pmtu, or create one.
+ */
+static int rt6_nh_update_pmtu(struct fib6_nh *nh, void *_arg)
+{
+ struct rt6_pmtu_arg *arg = _arg;
+ struct fib6_result *res = &arg->res;
+ struct rt6_info *rt;
+
+ res->nh = nh;
+ rt = rt6_find_cached_rt(res, arg->daddr, arg->saddr);
+ if (rt) {
+ u32 mtu = dst_metric_raw(&rt->dst, RTAX_MTU);
+
+ if (!mtu || arg->mtu < mtu) {
+ rt6_do_update_pmtu(rt, arg->mtu);
+ fib6_nh_update_exception(nh, res->f6i->fib6_src.plen, rt);
+ }
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ rt = ip6_rt_cache_alloc(res, arg->daddr, arg->saddr);
+ if (rt) {
+ rt6_do_update_pmtu(rt, arg->mtu);
+ if (rt6_insert_exception(rt, res))
+ dst_release_immediate(&rt->dst);
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
static void __ip6_rt_update_pmtu(struct dst_entry *dst, const struct sock *sk,
const struct ipv6hdr *iph, u32 mtu,
bool confirm_neigh)
{
- const struct in6_addr *daddr, *saddr;
+ struct rt6_pmtu_arg arg = { .mtu = mtu };
struct rt6_info *rt6 = dst_rt6_info(dst);
+ const struct in6_addr *daddr, *saddr;
+ struct fib6_info *f6i, *sibling;
/* Note: do *NOT* check dst_metric_locked(dst, RTAX_MTU)
* IPv6 pmtu discovery isn't optional, so 'mtu lock' cannot disable it.
@@ -2942,52 +2982,52 @@ static void __ip6_rt_update_pmtu(struct dst_entry *dst, const struct sock *sk,
if (mtu >= dst6_mtu(dst))
return;
- if (!rt6_cache_allowed_for_pmtu(rt6)) {
- rt6_do_update_pmtu(rt6, mtu);
- /* update rt6_ex->stamp for cache */
- if (rt6->rt6i_flags & RTF_CACHE)
- rt6_update_exception_stamp_rt(rt6);
- } else if (daddr) {
- struct fib6_result res = {};
- struct rt6_info *nrt6;
-
- rcu_read_lock();
- res.f6i = rcu_dereference(rt6->from);
- if (!res.f6i)
- goto out_unlock;
-
- res.fib6_flags = res.f6i->fib6_flags;
- res.fib6_type = res.f6i->fib6_type;
-
- if (res.f6i->nh) {
- struct fib6_nh_match_arg arg = {
- .dev = dst_dev_rcu(dst),
- .gw = &rt6->rt6i_gateway,
- };
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ f6i = rcu_dereference(rt6->from);
+ /* fib6_del_route() and a NLM_F_REPLACE clear fib6_node before the
+ * route and its siblings are released, don't walk them then.
+ */
+ if (!daddr || !f6i || !rcu_access_pointer(f6i->fib6_node)) {
+ if (!rt6_cache_allowed_for_pmtu(rt6)) {
+ rt6_do_update_pmtu(rt6, mtu);
+ /* update rt6_ex->stamp for cache */
+ if (rt6->rt6i_flags & RTF_CACHE)
+ rt6_update_exception_stamp_rt(rt6);
+ }
+ goto out;
+ }
- nexthop_for_each_fib6_nh(res.f6i->nh,
- fib6_nh_find_match, &arg);
+ arg.daddr = daddr;
+ arg.saddr = saddr;
+ arg.res.f6i = f6i;
+ arg.res.fib6_flags = f6i->fib6_flags;
+ arg.res.fib6_type = f6i->fib6_type;
- /* fib6_info uses a nexthop that does not have fib6_nh
- * using the dst->dev + gw. Should be impossible.
- */
- if (!arg.match)
- goto out_unlock;
+ /* ip6_update_pmtu() looks dst up without the protocol and ports the
+ * too big packet was hashed on, so dst may be another path of a
+ * multipath route than the one that packet took. Cache the pmtu on
+ * every path, or that flow would keep sending too big packets.
+ */
+ if (f6i->nh) {
+ nexthop_for_each_fib6_nh(f6i->nh, rt6_nh_update_pmtu, &arg);
+ goto out;
+ }
- res.nh = arg.match;
- } else {
- res.nh = res.f6i->fib6_nh;
- }
+ rt6_nh_update_pmtu(f6i->fib6_nh, &arg);
- nrt6 = ip6_rt_cache_alloc(&res, daddr, saddr);
- if (nrt6) {
- rt6_do_update_pmtu(nrt6, mtu);
- if (rt6_insert_exception(nrt6, &res))
- dst_release_immediate(&nrt6->dst);
- }
-out_unlock:
- rcu_read_unlock();
+ /* fib6_del_route() zeroes fib6_nsiblings before unlinking f6i, stop
+ * then as the walk would never get back to its head.
+ */
+ list_for_each_entry_rcu(sibling, &f6i->fib6_siblings, fib6_siblings) {
+ arg.res.f6i = sibling;
+ arg.res.fib6_flags = sibling->fib6_flags;
+ arg.res.fib6_type = sibling->fib6_type;
+ rt6_nh_update_pmtu(sibling->fib6_nh, &arg);
+ if (!READ_ONCE(f6i->fib6_nsiblings))
+ break;
}
+out:
+ rcu_read_unlock();
}
static void ip6_rt_update_pmtu(struct dst_entry *dst, struct sock *sk,
--
2.56.0
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2026-11-10 9:59 [PATCH net-next v2 0/3] ipv4/ipv6: Cache pmtu on all paths of a multipath route Vladimir Vdovin
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From: Vladimir Vdovin @ 2026-11-10 9:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: David Ahern, Ido Schimmel, David S. Miller, Eric Dumazet,
Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Simon Horman, Shuah Khan
Cc: netdev, linux-kernel, linux-kselftest, Vladimir Vdovin
Make pmtu_ipv4_mp_exceptions family agnostic and add
pmtu_ipv6_mp_exceptions: one oversized ping over a multipath route
must leave PMTU exceptions on both paths.
Add pmtu_ipv4_mp_asym_exceptions and pmtu_ipv6_mp_asym_exceptions with
an MTU of 1400 behind one router and 1300 behind the other. They pick a
flow through each router (a source address for IPv4, whose multipath
hash covers addresses only, a flow label for IPv6) and check that a
Packet Too Big from the first router is cached on both paths, then
that a flow through the second router lowers the PMTU of both paths.
Without the preceding fix the IPv6 tests fail with both legacy
nexthops and nexthop objects:
PMTU exception wasn't created after exceeding MTU (veth_A-R2)
Signed-off-by: Vladimir Vdovin <deliran@verdict.gg>
---
tools/testing/selftests/net/pmtu.sh | 276 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 238 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/pmtu.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/pmtu.sh
index c7cd271714ef..6eb79cb76db7 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/pmtu.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/pmtu.sh
@@ -203,6 +203,18 @@
# on host A and B on lo reachable via both routers. Host A and B
# addresses have multipath routes to each other, b_r1 mtu = 1500.
# Check that PMTU exceptions are created for both paths.
+#
+# - pmtu_ipv6_mp_exceptions
+# Same as above but with IPv6
+#
+# - pmtu_ipv4_mp_asym_exceptions
+# Same topology as pmtu_ipv4_mp_exceptions, with b_r1 mtu = 1400 and
+# b_r2 mtu = 1300. Pick a flow through each router and check that a
+# Packet Too Big from R1 is cached on both paths, then that a flow
+# through R2 lowers the PMTU of both paths
+#
+# - pmtu_ipv6_mp_asym_exceptions
+# Same as above but with IPv6
source lib.sh
@@ -272,7 +284,10 @@ tests="
list_flush_ipv6_exception ipv6: list and flush cached exceptions 1
pmtu_ipv4_route_change ipv4: PMTU exception w/route replace 1
pmtu_ipv6_route_change ipv6: PMTU exception w/route replace 1
- pmtu_ipv4_mp_exceptions ipv4: PMTU multipath nh exceptions 1"
+ pmtu_ipv4_mp_exceptions ipv4: PMTU multipath nh exceptions 1
+ pmtu_ipv6_mp_exceptions ipv6: PMTU multipath nh exceptions 1
+ pmtu_ipv4_mp_asym_exceptions ipv4: PMTU multipath nh exceptions, asymmetric MTUs 1
+ pmtu_ipv6_mp_asym_exceptions ipv6: PMTU multipath nh exceptions, asymmetric MTUs 1"
# Addressing and routing for tests with routers: four network segments, with
# index SEGMENT between 1 and 4, a common prefix (PREFIX4 or PREFIX6) and an
@@ -350,8 +365,12 @@ tunnel6_b_addr="fd00:2::b"
tunnel6_mask="64"
host4_a_addr="192.168.99.99"
+host4_a_net="192.168.97"
host4_b_addr="192.168.88.88"
+host6_a_addr="fc00:1000::a"
+host6_b_addr="fc00:1001::b"
+
dummy6_0_prefix="fc00:1000::"
dummy6_1_prefix="fc00:1001::"
dummy6_mask="64"
@@ -994,49 +1013,112 @@ setup_ovs_bridge() {
}
setup_multipath_new() {
- # Set up host A with multipath routes to host B host4_b_addr
- run_cmd ${ns_a} ip addr add ${host4_a_addr} dev lo
- run_cmd ${ns_a} ip nexthop add id 401 via ${prefix4}.${a_r1}.2 dev veth_A-R1
- run_cmd ${ns_a} ip nexthop add id 402 via ${prefix4}.${a_r2}.2 dev veth_A-R2
- run_cmd ${ns_a} ip nexthop add id 403 group 401/402
- run_cmd ${ns_a} ip route add ${host4_b_addr} src ${host4_a_addr} nhid 403
+ family=${1}
+
+ if [ ${family} -eq 4 ]; then
+ host_a_addr=${host4_a_addr}
+ host_b_addr=${host4_b_addr}
+ nh_a_r1=${prefix4}.${a_r1}.2
+ nh_a_r2=${prefix4}.${a_r2}.2
+ nh_b_r1=${prefix4}.${b_r1}.2
+ nh_b_r2=${prefix4}.${b_r2}.2
+ else
+ host_a_addr=${host6_a_addr}
+ host_b_addr=${host6_b_addr}
+ nh_a_r1=${prefix6}:${a_r1}::2
+ nh_a_r2=${prefix6}:${a_r2}::2
+ nh_b_r1=${prefix6}:${b_r1}::2
+ nh_b_r2=${prefix6}:${b_r2}::2
+ fi
+
+ # Set up host A with multipath routes to host B host_b_addr
+ run_cmd ${ns_a} ip addr add ${host_a_addr} dev lo
+ run_cmd ${ns_a} ip nexthop add id ${family}01 via ${nh_a_r1} dev veth_A-R1
+ run_cmd ${ns_a} ip nexthop add id ${family}02 via ${nh_a_r2} dev veth_A-R2
+ run_cmd ${ns_a} ip nexthop add id ${family}03 group ${family}01/${family}02
+ run_cmd ${ns_a} ip route add ${host_b_addr} src ${host_a_addr} nhid ${family}03
- # Set up host B with multipath routes to host A host4_a_addr
- run_cmd ${ns_b} ip addr add ${host4_b_addr} dev lo
- run_cmd ${ns_b} ip nexthop add id 401 via ${prefix4}.${b_r1}.2 dev veth_B-R1
- run_cmd ${ns_b} ip nexthop add id 402 via ${prefix4}.${b_r2}.2 dev veth_B-R2
- run_cmd ${ns_b} ip nexthop add id 403 group 401/402
- run_cmd ${ns_b} ip route add ${host4_a_addr} src ${host4_b_addr} nhid 403
+ # Set up host B with multipath routes to host A host_a_addr
+ run_cmd ${ns_b} ip addr add ${host_b_addr} dev lo
+ run_cmd ${ns_b} ip nexthop add id ${family}01 via ${nh_b_r1} dev veth_B-R1
+ run_cmd ${ns_b} ip nexthop add id ${family}02 via ${nh_b_r2} dev veth_B-R2
+ run_cmd ${ns_b} ip nexthop add id ${family}03 group ${family}01/${family}02
+ run_cmd ${ns_b} ip route add ${host_a_addr} src ${host_b_addr} nhid ${family}03
}
setup_multipath_old() {
- # Set up host A with multipath routes to host B host4_b_addr
- run_cmd ${ns_a} ip addr add ${host4_a_addr} dev lo
- run_cmd ${ns_a} ip route add ${host4_b_addr} \
- src ${host4_a_addr} \
- nexthop via ${prefix4}.${a_r1}.2 weight 1 \
- nexthop via ${prefix4}.${a_r2}.2 weight 1
+ family=${1}
+
+ if [ ${family} -eq 4 ]; then
+ host_a_addr=${host4_a_addr}
+ host_b_addr=${host4_b_addr}
+ nh_a_r1=${prefix4}.${a_r1}.2
+ nh_a_r2=${prefix4}.${a_r2}.2
+ nh_b_r1=${prefix4}.${b_r1}.2
+ nh_b_r2=${prefix4}.${b_r2}.2
+ else
+ host_a_addr=${host6_a_addr}
+ host_b_addr=${host6_b_addr}
+ nh_a_r1=${prefix6}:${a_r1}::2
+ nh_a_r2=${prefix6}:${a_r2}::2
+ nh_b_r1=${prefix6}:${b_r1}::2
+ nh_b_r2=${prefix6}:${b_r2}::2
+ fi
+
+ # Set up host A with multipath routes to host B host_b_addr
+ run_cmd ${ns_a} ip addr add ${host_a_addr} dev lo
+ run_cmd ${ns_a} ip route add ${host_b_addr} \
+ src ${host_a_addr} \
+ nexthop via ${nh_a_r1} weight 1 \
+ nexthop via ${nh_a_r2} weight 1
- # Set up host B with multipath routes to host A host4_a_addr
- run_cmd ${ns_b} ip addr add ${host4_b_addr} dev lo
- run_cmd ${ns_b} ip route add ${host4_a_addr} \
- src ${host4_b_addr} \
- nexthop via ${prefix4}.${b_r1}.2 weight 1 \
- nexthop via ${prefix4}.${b_r2}.2 weight 1
+ # Set up host B with multipath routes to host A host_a_addr
+ run_cmd ${ns_b} ip addr add ${host_b_addr} dev lo
+ run_cmd ${ns_b} ip route add ${host_a_addr} \
+ src ${host_b_addr} \
+ nexthop via ${nh_b_r1} weight 1 \
+ nexthop via ${nh_b_r2} weight 1
}
+
setup_multipath() {
+ family="$1"
+
+ if [ ${family} -eq 4 ]; then
+ host_a_addr=${host4_a_addr}
+ host_b_addr=${host4_b_addr}
+ nh_r1_a=${prefix4}.${a_r1}.1
+ nh_r1_b=${prefix4}.${b_r1}.1
+ nh_r2_a=${prefix4}.${a_r2}.1
+ nh_r2_b=${prefix4}.${b_r2}.1
+ else
+ host_a_addr=${host6_a_addr}
+ host_b_addr=${host6_b_addr}
+ nh_r1_a=${prefix6}:${a_r1}::1
+ nh_r1_b=${prefix6}:${b_r1}::1
+ nh_r2_a=${prefix6}:${a_r2}::1
+ nh_r2_b=${prefix6}:${b_r2}::1
+ fi
+
if [ "$USE_NH" = "yes" ]; then
- setup_multipath_new
+ setup_multipath_new ${family}
else
- setup_multipath_old
+ setup_multipath_old ${family}
fi
# Set up routers with routes to dummies
- run_cmd ${ns_r1} ip route add ${host4_a_addr} via ${prefix4}.${a_r1}.1
- run_cmd ${ns_r2} ip route add ${host4_a_addr} via ${prefix4}.${a_r2}.1
- run_cmd ${ns_r1} ip route add ${host4_b_addr} via ${prefix4}.${b_r1}.1
- run_cmd ${ns_r2} ip route add ${host4_b_addr} via ${prefix4}.${b_r2}.1
+ run_cmd ${ns_r1} ip route add ${host_a_addr} via ${nh_r1_a}
+ run_cmd ${ns_r2} ip route add ${host_a_addr} via ${nh_r2_a}
+ run_cmd ${ns_r1} ip route add ${host_b_addr} via ${nh_r1_b}
+ run_cmd ${ns_r2} ip route add ${host_b_addr} via ${nh_r2_b}
+}
+
+setup_multipath4() {
+ setup_multipath 4
+}
+
+setup_multipath6() {
+ setup_multipath 6
}
setup() {
@@ -2377,8 +2459,18 @@ test_pmtu_ipv6_route_change() {
test_pmtu_ipvX_route_change 6
}
-test_pmtu_ipv4_mp_exceptions() {
- setup namespaces routing multipath || return $ksft_skip
+test_pmtu_ipvX_mp_exceptions() {
+ family=${1}
+
+ if [ ${family} -eq 4 ]; then
+ ping=ping
+ dst="${host4_b_addr}"
+ else
+ ping=${ping6}
+ dst="${host6_b_addr}"
+ fi
+
+ setup namespaces routing multipath${family} || return $ksft_skip
trace "${ns_a}" veth_A-R1 "${ns_r1}" veth_R1-A \
"${ns_r1}" veth_R1-B "${ns_b}" veth_B-R1 \
@@ -2395,18 +2487,126 @@ test_pmtu_ipv4_mp_exceptions() {
mtu "${ns_r2}" veth_R2-A 2000
mtu "${ns_r2}" veth_R2-B 1500
mtu "${ns_b}" veth_B-R2 1500
-
# Ping and expect two nexthop exceptions for two routes
- run_cmd ${ns_a} ping -q -M want -i 0.1 -c 1 -s 1800 "${host4_b_addr}"
+ run_cmd ${ns_a} ${ping} -q -M want -i 0.1 -c 1 -s 1800 "${dst}"
# Check that exceptions have been created with the correct PMTU
- pmtu_a_R1="$(route_get_dst_pmtu_from_exception "${ns_a}" "${host4_b_addr}" oif veth_A-R1)"
- pmtu_a_R2="$(route_get_dst_pmtu_from_exception "${ns_a}" "${host4_b_addr}" oif veth_A-R2)"
-
+ pmtu_a_R1="$(route_get_dst_pmtu_from_exception "${ns_a}" "${dst}" oif veth_A-R1)"
+ pmtu_a_R2="$(route_get_dst_pmtu_from_exception "${ns_a}" "${dst}" oif veth_A-R2)"
check_pmtu_value "1500" "${pmtu_a_R1}" "exceeding MTU (veth_A-R1)" || return 1
check_pmtu_value "1500" "${pmtu_a_R2}" "exceeding MTU (veth_A-R2)" || return 1
}
+test_pmtu_ipv4_mp_exceptions() {
+ test_pmtu_ipvX_mp_exceptions 4
+}
+
+# Find a flow from host A to ${2} that goes out through ${3}: a source
+# address out of ${host4_a_net}, added to lo as needed, since the IPv4
+# multipath hash covers addresses only, or an IPv6 flow label for a packet
+# sent from ${host6_a_addr}
+mp_flow_via() {
+ family="${1}"
+ dst="${2}"
+ oif="${3}"
+
+ for i in $(seq 1 32); do
+ if [ ${family} -eq 4 ]; then
+ flow="${host4_a_net}.${i}"
+ ${ns_a} ip addr add ${flow}/32 dev lo 2>/dev/null
+ out="$(${ns_a} ip route get ${dst} from ${flow} 2>/dev/null)"
+ else
+ flow="${i}"
+ out="$(${ns_a} ip route get ${dst} from ${host6_a_addr} \
+ ipproto 58 flowlabel ${flow} 2>/dev/null)"
+ fi
+ case "${out}" in
+ *" dev ${oif} "*)
+ echo "${flow}"
+ return 0
+ ;;
+ esac
+ done
+
+ return 1
+}
+
+test_pmtu_ipvX_mp_asym_exceptions() {
+ family=${1}
+
+ if [ ${family} -eq 4 ]; then
+ ping=ping
+ dst="${host4_b_addr}"
+ else
+ ping=${ping6}
+ dst="${host6_b_addr}"
+ fi
+
+ setup namespaces routing multipath${family} || return $ksft_skip
+
+ trace "${ns_a}" veth_A-R1 "${ns_r1}" veth_R1-A \
+ "${ns_r1}" veth_R1-B "${ns_b}" veth_B-R1 \
+ "${ns_a}" veth_A-R2 "${ns_r2}" veth_R2-A \
+ "${ns_r2}" veth_R2-B "${ns_b}" veth_B-R2
+
+ if [ ${family} -eq 4 ]; then
+ # Routes back to the source addresses mp_flow_via() picks
+ run_cmd ${ns_r1} ip route add ${host4_a_net}.0/24 via ${prefix4}.${a_r1}.2
+ run_cmd ${ns_r2} ip route add ${host4_a_net}.0/24 via ${prefix4}.${a_r2}.2
+ fi
+
+ # Set up initial MTU values: 1400 behind R1, 1300 behind R2
+ mtu "${ns_a}" veth_A-R1 2000
+ mtu "${ns_r1}" veth_R1-A 2000
+ mtu "${ns_r1}" veth_R1-B 1400
+ mtu "${ns_b}" veth_B-R1 1400
+
+ mtu "${ns_a}" veth_A-R2 2000
+ mtu "${ns_r2}" veth_R2-A 2000
+ mtu "${ns_r2}" veth_R2-B 1300
+ mtu "${ns_b}" veth_B-R2 1300
+
+ flow_r1="$(mp_flow_via ${family} ${dst} veth_A-R1)" || {
+ err " no flow through veth_A-R1 found"; return 1; }
+ flow_r2="$(mp_flow_via ${family} ${dst} veth_A-R2)" || {
+ err " no flow through veth_A-R2 found"; return 1; }
+ if [ ${family} -eq 4 ]; then
+ ping_r1="${ping} -I ${flow_r1}"
+ ping_r2="${ping} -I ${flow_r2}"
+ else
+ ping_r1="${ping} -I ${host6_a_addr} -F ${flow_r1}"
+ ping_r2="${ping} -I ${host6_a_addr} -F ${flow_r2}"
+ fi
+
+ # A Packet Too Big from R1 is cached on both paths
+ run_cmd ${ns_a} ${ping_r1} -q -M want -i 0.1 -c 1 -s 1800 "${dst}"
+
+ pmtu_a_R1="$(route_get_dst_pmtu_from_exception "${ns_a}" "${dst}" oif veth_A-R1)"
+ pmtu_a_R2="$(route_get_dst_pmtu_from_exception "${ns_a}" "${dst}" oif veth_A-R2)"
+ check_pmtu_value "1400" "${pmtu_a_R1}" "exceeding MTU via R1 (veth_A-R1)" || return 1
+ check_pmtu_value "1400" "${pmtu_a_R2}" "exceeding MTU via R1 (veth_A-R2)" || return 1
+
+ # The lower MTU behind R2 lowers the PMTU of both paths
+ run_cmd ${ns_a} ${ping_r2} -q -M want -i 0.1 -c 1 -s 1350 "${dst}"
+
+ pmtu_a_R1="$(route_get_dst_pmtu_from_exception "${ns_a}" "${dst}" oif veth_A-R1)"
+ pmtu_a_R2="$(route_get_dst_pmtu_from_exception "${ns_a}" "${dst}" oif veth_A-R2)"
+ check_pmtu_value "1300" "${pmtu_a_R1}" "exceeding MTU via R2 (veth_A-R1)" || return 1
+ check_pmtu_value "1300" "${pmtu_a_R2}" "exceeding MTU via R2 (veth_A-R2)" || return 1
+}
+
+test_pmtu_ipv4_mp_asym_exceptions() {
+ test_pmtu_ipvX_mp_asym_exceptions 4
+}
+
+test_pmtu_ipv6_mp_asym_exceptions() {
+ test_pmtu_ipvX_mp_asym_exceptions 6
+}
+
+test_pmtu_ipv6_mp_exceptions() {
+ test_pmtu_ipvX_mp_exceptions 6
+}
+
usage() {
echo
echo "$0 [OPTIONS] [TEST]..."
--
2.56.0
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To: Vladimir Vdovin
Cc: David Ahern, Ido Schimmel, David S. Miller, Eric Dumazet,
Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Simon Horman, Shuah Khan, netdev,
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This is an automated message. This series looks like a fix, but its
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