# Re: \[PATCH net-next\] net: ipv4: Add ability to have GRE ignore DF bit in IPv4 payloads

- From: Philip Prindeville \<hidden\>
- Date: 2016-06-07 20:42:25 
- List: netdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2016/06/11020141
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2016/06/11020138/t.md

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On 06/07/2016 02:23 PM, Hannes Frederic Sowa wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jun 7, 2016, at 21:48, Philip Prindeville wrote:
>>   static struct rtnl_link_ops ipgre_link_ops __read_mostly = {
>> diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
>> index d8f5e0a..95649eb 100644
>> --- a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
>> +++ b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
>> @@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ void ip_tunnel_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct
>> net_device *dev,
>>   	}
>>   
>>   	df = tnl_params->frag_off;
>> -       if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP))
>> +       if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP) && !tunnel->ignore_df)
>>   		df |= (inner_iph->frag_off&htons(IP_DF));
>>   
>>   	max_headroom = LL_RESERVED_SPACE(rt->dst.dev) + sizeof(struct iphdr)
> Is still enforce that we inherit the ttl from the inner header to the
> outer header if we don't set df bit?
>
> Thanks,
> Hannes

That's correct.  That happens a few lines above and we don't change that behavior with this patch.

-Philip
```