From: dsah...@kernel.org Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2018 14:15:43 -0700 > From: David Ahern <dsah...@gmail.com> > > Jan reported a regression after an update to 4.18.5. In this case ipv6 > default route is setup by systemd-networkd based on data from an RA. The > RA contains an MTU of 1492 which is used when the route is first inserted > but then systemd-networkd pushes down updates to the default route > without the mtu set. > > Prior to the change to fib6_info, metrics such as MTU were held in the > dst_entry and rt6i_pmtu in rt6_info contained an update to the mtu if > any. ip6_mtu would look at rt6i_pmtu first and use it if set. If not, > the value from the metrics is used if it is set and finally falling > back to the idev value. > > After the fib6_info change metrics are contained in the fib6_info struct > and there is no equivalent to rt6i_pmtu. To maintain consistency with > the old behavior the new code should only reset the MTU in the metrics > if the route update has it set. > > Fixes: d4ead6b34b67 ("net/ipv6: move metrics from dst to rt6_info") > Reported-by: Jan Janssen <medhe...@web.de> > Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsah...@gmail.com>
Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks David.