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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3] net: sysctl for RA default route MTU
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On Thu, Mar 26, 2015, at 12:49, Roman Gushchin wrote:
> This patch introduces new ipv6 sysctl: ra_default_route_mtu.
> If it's set (> 0), it defines per-route MTU for any new default route
> received by RA.
>
> This sysctl will help in the following configuration: we want to use
> jumbo-frames for internal networks and default ethernet frames for
> default route. Per-route MTU can only lower per-link MTU, so link MTU
> should be set to ~9000 (statically or via RA).
>
> Due to dynamic nature of RA, setting MTU for default route will require
> userspace agent, that will monitor changes of default route
> and (re)configure it. Not simple. The suggested sysctl solves this
> problem.
>
> Signed-off-by: Roman Gushchin <klamm@yandex-team.ru>

Acked-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@stressinduktion.org>

Thanks!


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