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ipv6: Don't send packet to big messages to self

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Calling icmpv6_send() on a local message size error leads to an
incorrect update of the path mtu in the case when IPsec is used.
So use ipv6_local_error() instead to notify the socket about the
error.

Reported-by: Jiri Bohac <jbohac@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Steffen Klassert 2013-02-05 01:48:05 +00:00 committed by David S. Miller
parent efc496eb31
commit f4e53e292a
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net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
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@ -242,9 +242,8 @@ int ip6_xmit(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, struct flowi6 *fl6,
dst->dev, dst_output);
}
net_dbg_ratelimited("IPv6: sending pkt_too_big to self\n");
skb->dev = dst->dev;
icmpv6_send(skb, ICMPV6_PKT_TOOBIG, 0, mtu);
ipv6_local_error(sk, EMSGSIZE, fl6, mtu);
IP6_INC_STATS(net, ip6_dst_idev(skb_dst(skb)), IPSTATS_MIB_FRAGFAILS);
kfree_skb(skb);
return -EMSGSIZE;