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Yan Zhai says: ==================== ipv6: avoid atomic fragment on GSO output When the ipv6 stack output a GSO packet, if its gso_size is larger than dst MTU, then all segments would be fragmented. However, it is possible for a GSO packet to have a trailing segment with smaller actual size than both gso_size as well as the MTU, which leads to an "atomic fragment". Atomic fragments are considered harmful in RFC-8021. An Existing report from APNIC also shows that atomic fragments are more likely to be dropped even it is equivalent to a no-op [1]. The series contains following changes: * drop feature RTAX_FEATURE_ALLFRAG, which has been broken. This helps simplifying other changes in this set. * refactor __ip6_finish_output code to separate GSO and non-GSO packet processing, mirroring IPv4 side logic. * avoid generating atomic fragment on GSO packets. Link: https://www.potaroo.net/presentations/2022-03-01-ipv6-frag.pdf [1] V4: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/cover.1698114636.git.yan@cloudflare.com/ V3: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/cover.1697779681.git.yan@cloudflare.com/ V2: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/ZS1%2Fqtr0dZJ35VII@debian.debian/ ==================== Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/cover.1698156966.git.yan@cloudflare.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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