From: Florian Westphal <f...@strlen.de>
Date: Fri, 22 May 2015 16:32:49 +0200

> output path tests:
> 
>     if (skb->len > mtu) ip_fragment()
> 
> This breaks connectivity in one corner case:
>  If the skb was reassembled, but has the DF bit set and ..
>  .. its reassembled size is <= outdev mtu ..
>  .. we will forward a DF packet larger than what the sender
>     transmitted on wire.
> 
> If a router later in the path can't forward this packet, it will send an
> icmp error in response to an mtu that the original sender never exceeded.
> 
> This changes ipv4 defrag/output path to
> 
> a) force refragmentation for DF reassembled skbs and
> b) set DF bit on all fragments when refragmenting if it was set on original
> frags.
 ...

Series applied, thanks Florian.
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