From: Stefano Brivio <sbri...@redhat.com> A vti6 interface can carry IPv4 as well, so it makes no sense to enforce a minimum MTU of IPV6_MIN_MTU.
If the user sets an MTU below IPV6_MIN_MTU, IPv6 will be disabled on the interface, courtesy of addrconf_notify(). Reported-by: Xin Long <lucien....@gmail.com> Fixes: b96f9afee4eb ("ipv4/6: use core net MTU range checking") Fixes: c6741fbed6dc ("vti6: Properly adjust vti6 MTU from MTU of lower device") Fixes: 53c81e95df17 ("ip6_vti: adjust vti mtu according to mtu of lower device") Signed-off-by: Stefano Brivio <sbri...@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klass...@secunet.com> --- net/ipv6/ip6_vti.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_vti.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_vti.c index c214ffec02f0..ca957dd93a29 100644 --- a/net/ipv6/ip6_vti.c +++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_vti.c @@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ static void vti6_link_config(struct ip6_tnl *t, bool keep_mtu) else mtu = ETH_DATA_LEN - LL_MAX_HEADER - sizeof(struct ipv6hdr); - dev->mtu = max_t(int, mtu, IPV6_MIN_MTU); + dev->mtu = max_t(int, mtu, IPV4_MIN_MTU); } /** @@ -881,7 +881,7 @@ static void vti6_dev_setup(struct net_device *dev) dev->priv_destructor = vti6_dev_free; dev->type = ARPHRD_TUNNEL6; - dev->min_mtu = IPV6_MIN_MTU; + dev->min_mtu = IPV4_MIN_MTU; dev->max_mtu = IP_MAX_MTU - sizeof(struct ipv6hdr); dev->flags |= IFF_NOARP; dev->addr_len = sizeof(struct in6_addr); -- 2.14.1