iproute2: add support for GRE ignore-df knob

In the presence of firewalls which improperly block ICMP Unreachable
(including Fragmentation Required) messages, Path MTU Discovery is
prevented from working.

The workaround is to handle IPv4 payloads opaquely, ignoring the DF
bit.

Kernel commit 22a59be8b7693eb2d0897a9638f5991f2f8e4ddd ("net: ipv4:
Add ability to have GRE ignore DF bit in IPv4 payloads") is
complemented by this user-space changeset which exposes control of
this setting.

Reviewed-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Signed-off-by: Philip Prindeville <philipp@redfish-solutions.com>

diff --git a/doc/ip-cref.tex b/doc/ip-cref.tex
index 242cc266b7acd34adcf390e6272944e333d6160e..179baa2fb75e7013274f030d6ae47a0c64ff728a 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/ip-cref.tex
+++ b/doc/ip-cref.tex
@@ -2524,6 +2524,13 @@ It must be an address on another interface of this host.
        It is enabled by default. Note that a fixed ttl is incompatible
        with this option: tunnelling with a fixed ttl always makes pmtu discovery.
 
+\item \verb|ignore-df|
+
+--- (only GRE tunnels) enable IPv4 DF flag suppression on this tunnel.
+       If is disabled by default. Enabling this option will cause IPv4
+       payloads to be handled like any other GRE payload,
+       regardless of the DF flag.
+
 \item \verb|key K|, \verb|ikey K|, \verb|okey K|
 
 --- (only GRE tunnels) use keyed GRE with key \verb|K|. \verb|K| is

diff --git a/ip/link_gre.c b/ip/link_gre.c
index 82df900614bfdb1aa53985e1d36d4b99d4990291..c2ec5f26902ffc27b1f8aad1a67ed52964a53610 100644 (file)
--- a/ip/link_gre.c
+++ b/ip/link_gre.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ static void print_usage(FILE *f)
                "                            [ ttl TTL ]\n"
                "                            [ tos TOS ]\n"
                "                            [ [no]pmtudisc ]\n"
+               "                            [ [no]ignore-df ]\n"
                "                            [ dev PHYS_DEV ]\n"
                "                            [ noencap ]\n"
                "                            [ encap { fou | gue | none } ]\n"
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ static int gre_parse_opt(struct link_util *lu, int argc, char **argv,
        __u16 encapsport = 0;
        __u16 encapdport = 0;
        __u8 metadata = 0;
+       __u8 ignore_df = 0;
        __u32 fwmark = 0;
 
        if (!(n->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_CREATE)) {
@@ -164,6 +166,10 @@ get_failed:
                if (greinfo[IFLA_GRE_COLLECT_METADATA])
                        metadata = 1;
 
+               if (greinfo[IFLA_GRE_IGNORE_DF])
+                       ignore_df =
+                               !!rta_getattr_u8(greinfo[IFLA_GRE_IGNORE_DF]);
+
                if (greinfo[IFLA_GRE_FWMARK])
                        fwmark = rta_getattr_u32(greinfo[IFLA_GRE_FWMARK]);
        }
@@ -311,6 +317,13 @@ get_failed:
                        encapflags |= ~TUNNEL_ENCAP_FLAG_REMCSUM;
                } else if (strcmp(*argv, "external") == 0) {
                        metadata = 1;
+               } else if (strcmp(*argv, "ignore-df") == 0) {
+                       ignore_df = 1;
+               } else if (strcmp(*argv, "noignore-df") == 0) {
+                       /*
+                        *only the lsb is significant, use 2 for presence
+                        */
+                       ignore_df = 2;
                } else if (strcmp(*argv, "fwmark") == 0) {
                        NEXT_ARG();
                        if (get_u32(&fwmark, *argv, 0))
@@ -355,6 +368,9 @@ get_failed:
        addattr16(n, 1024, IFLA_GRE_ENCAP_SPORT, htons(encapsport));
        addattr16(n, 1024, IFLA_GRE_ENCAP_DPORT, htons(encapdport));
 
+       if (ignore_df)
+               addattr8(n, 1024, IFLA_GRE_IGNORE_DF, ignore_df & 1);
+
        return 0;
 }
 
@@ -454,6 +470,9 @@ static void gre_print_opt(struct link_util *lu, FILE *f, struct rtattr *tb[])
        else
                fputs("external ", f);
 
+       if (tb[IFLA_GRE_IGNORE_DF] && rta_getattr_u8(tb[IFLA_GRE_IGNORE_DF]))
+               fputs("ignore-df ", f);
+
        if (tb[IFLA_GRE_ENCAP_TYPE] &&
            rta_getattr_u16(tb[IFLA_GRE_ENCAP_TYPE]) != TUNNEL_ENCAP_NONE) {
                __u16 type = rta_getattr_u16(tb[IFLA_GRE_ENCAP_TYPE]);

diff --git a/man/man8/ip-tunnel.8 b/man/man8/ip-tunnel.8
index 4938c7405ce850c0774837b8654cfe236344319c..7ddbffb23cff1b01a348f3b664d578ccaa8a52cb 100644 (file)
--- a/man/man8/ip-tunnel.8
+++ b/man/man8/ip-tunnel.8
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ ip-tunnel - tunnel configuration
 .BR 6rd-reset " ]"
 .br
 .RB "[ [" no "]" pmtudisc " ]"
+.RB "[ [" no "]" ignore-df " ]"
 .RB "[ " dev
 .IR PHYS_DEV " ]"
 
@@ -175,6 +176,14 @@ It is enabled by default. Note that a fixed ttl is incompatible
 with this option: tunneling with a fixed ttl always makes pmtu
 discovery.
 
+.TP
+.B ignore-df
+enable IPv4 DF suppression on this tunnel.
+Normally datagrams that exceed the MTU will be fragmented; the presence
+of the DF flag inhibits this, resulting instead in an ICMP Unreachable
+(Fragmentation Required) message.  Enabling this attribute casues the
+DF flag to be ignored.
+
 .TP
 .BI key " K"
 .TP