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Description of problem: Strange difference in setting MTU with NetworkManager between RHEL 8.1/RHEL 8.2 and bonded / not bonded. Setting the MTU on a bond interface to jumbo frames with IPv4 DHCP with a very long (near infinite) timeout works in RHEL 8.1 but not in RHEL 8.2. This happens when the interface/bond is configured with: ~~~ ONBOOT=yes BOOTPROTO=dhcp MTU=9000 IPV6INIT=no DHCPV6C=no IPV6INIT=no IPV6_AUTOCONF=no IPV6_DEFROUTE=no IPV6_PEERDNS=no IPV6_PEERROUTES=no IPV6_FAILURE_FATAL=no IPV4_DHCP_TIMEOUT=2147483647 ~~~ Note that a workaround, whenever the MTU issue arises, is to run: ~~~ nmcli c modify eth1 ipv4.method disabled nmcli conn down eth1 nmcli conn up eth1 ~~~ Thus, it was recommended to the customer to disable DHCP or shorten the timeout on the interface in question. However, we would still like to know what lead to this change in behavior. ============================================================== Kernel and NetworkManager versions: ~~~ [root@rhel-81 ~]# uname -a ; rpm -qa | egrep 'kernel|NetworkMan' Linux rhel-81 4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Nov 27 01:11:44 UTC 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux kernel-core-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.x86_64 NetworkManager-team-1.20.0-5.el8_1.x86_64 NetworkManager-tui-1.20.0-5.el8_1.x86_64 NetworkManager-1.20.0-5.el8_1.x86_64 kernel-modules-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.x86_64 kernel-tools-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.x86_64 kernel-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.x86_64 NetworkManager-libnm-1.20.0-5.el8_1.x86_64 kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.x86_64 ~~~ ~~~ [root@rhel-82 ~]# uname -a ; rpm -qa | egrep 'kernel|NetworkMan' Linux rhel-82 4.18.0-193.14.3.el8_2.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Jul 20 15:02:29 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux NetworkManager-1.22.8-5.el8_2.x86_64 kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-193.14.3.el8_2.x86_64 NetworkManager-tui-1.22.8-5.el8_2.x86_64 kernel-core-4.18.0-193.14.3.el8_2.x86_64 NetworkManager-libnm-1.22.8-5.el8_2.x86_64 kernel-modules-4.18.0-193.14.3.el8_2.x86_64 kernel-tools-4.18.0-193.14.3.el8_2.x86_64 kernel-4.18.0-193.14.3.el8_2.x86_64 NetworkManager-team-1.22.8-5.el8_2.x86_64 ~~~ ======================================================================================== * Non-bonding scenario: ~~~ rm -f /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-bond2 cat <<'EOF' > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1 DEVICE=eth1 TYPE=Ethernet NAME=eth1 ONBOOT=yes BOOTPROTO=dhcp MTU=9000 IPV6INIT=no DHCPV6C=no IPV6INIT=no IPV6_AUTOCONF=no IPV6_DEFROUTE=no IPV6_PEERDNS=no IPV6_PEERROUTES=no IPV6_FAILURE_FATAL=no IPV4_DHCP_TIMEOUT=2147483647 EOF reboot ~~~ RHEL 8.1: ~~~ [root@rhel-81 ~]# ip link ls dev eth1 3: eth1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000 link/ether 52:54:00:75:8f:8c brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff [root@rhel-81 ~]# nmcli conn show eth1 | egrep 'activ|mtu' 802-3-ethernet.mtu: 9000 GENERAL.STATE: activating [root@rhel-81 ~]# ~~~ RHEL 8.2: ~~~ [root@rhel-82 ~]# ip link ls dev eth1; ip link ls dev bond2; nmcli conn show eth1 | egrep 'activ|mtu' 3: eth1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000 link/ether 52:54:00:e3:00:c6 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff Device "bond2" does not exist. 802-3-ethernet.mtu: 9000 GENERAL.STATE: activating ~~~ ======================================================================================== * Bonding use case: ~~~ cat <<EOF > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1 TYPE=Ethernet DEVICE=eth1 BOOTPROTO=none ONBOOT=yes MASTER=bond2 SLAVE=yes EOF cat <<EOF > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-bond2 DEVICE=bond2 TYPE=Bond NAME=bond2 BONDING_MASTER=yes BOOTPROTO=dhcp ONBOOT=yes MTU=9000 DHCP_CLIENT_ID=$(ip link show dev eth1 | awk '/link/ {print $2}') BONDING_OPTS="mode=active-backup miimon=100 fail_over_mac=active num_grat_arp=10" IPV6INIT=no DHCPV6C=no IPV6INIT=no IPV6_AUTOCONF=no IPV6_DEFROUTE=no IPV6_PEERDNS=no IPV6_PEERROUTES=no IPV6_FAILURE_FATAL=no IPV4_DHCP_TIMEOUT=2147483647 EOF reboot ~~~ RHEL 8.1: ~~~ [root@rhel-81 ~]# ip link ls dev eth1; ip link ls dev bond2; nmcli conn show eth1 | egrep 'activ|mtu'; nmcli conn show 'System eth1' | egrep 'activ|mtu'; nmcli conn show bond2 | egrep 'activ|mtu' 3: eth1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,SLAVE,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 9000 qdisc fq_codel master bond2 state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000 link/ether 52:54:00:75:8f:8c brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff 4: bond2: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,MASTER,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 9000 qdisc noqueue state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000 link/ether 52:54:00:75:8f:8c brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff Error: eth1 - no such connection profile. 802-3-ethernet.mtu: auto GENERAL.STATE: activated 802-3-ethernet.mtu: 9000 bond.options: fail_over_mac=active,miimon=100,mode=active-backup,num_grat_arp=10 GENERAL.STATE: activating [root@rhel-81 ~]# ~~~ RHEL 8.2: ~~~ [root@rhel-82 ~]# ip link ls dev eth1; ip link ls dev bond2; nmcli conn show eth1 | egrep 'activ|mtu'; nmcli conn show 'System eth1' | egrep 'activ|mtu'; nmcli conn show bond2 | egrep 'activ|mtu' 3: eth1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,SLAVE,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel master bond2 state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000 link/ether 52:54:00:e3:00:c6 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff 4: bond2: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,MASTER,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000 link/ether 52:54:00:e3:00:c6 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff Error: eth1 - no such connection profile. 802-3-ethernet.mtu: auto GENERAL.STATE: activated 802-3-ethernet.mtu: 9000 bond.options: fail_over_mac=active,miimon=100,mode=active-backup,num_grat_arp=10 GENERAL.STATE: activating [root@rhel-82 ~]# ~~~
~~~ [root@rhel-81 ~]# yum update NetworkManager -y Updating Subscription Management repositories. Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:38 ago on Wed 21 Oct 2020 10:56:40 AM EDT. Dependencies resolved. ============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================== Package Architecture Version Repository Size ============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================== Upgrading: NetworkManager-libnm x86_64 1:1.22.8-5.el8_2 rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms 1.7 M NetworkManager-team x86_64 1:1.22.8-5.el8_2 rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms 136 k NetworkManager x86_64 1:1.22.8-5.el8_2 rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms 2.3 M NetworkManager-tui x86_64 1:1.22.8-5.el8_2 rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms 307 k Transaction Summary ============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================== Upgrade 4 Packages Total download size: 4.4 M Downloading Packages: (1/4): NetworkManager-libnm-1.22.8-5.el8_2.x86_64.rpm 4.2 MB/s | 1.7 MB 00:00 (2/4): NetworkManager-1.22.8-5.el8_2.x86_64.rpm 4.6 MB/s | 2.3 MB 00:00 (3/4): NetworkManager-team-1.22.8-5.el8_2.x86_64.rpm 267 kB/s | 136 kB 00:00 (4/4): NetworkManager-tui-1.22.8-5.el8_2.x86_64.rpm 1.3 MB/s | 307 kB 00:00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6.9 MB/s | 4.4 MB 00:00 warning: /var/cache/dnf/rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms-51b3b78d5698246b/packages/NetworkManager-libnm-1.22.8-5.el8_2.x86_64.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID fd431d51: NOKEY Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 for x86_64 - BaseOS (RPMs) 4.9 MB/s | 5.0 kB 00:00 Importing GPG key 0xFD431D51: Userid : "Red Hat, Inc. (release key 2) <security>" Fingerprint: 567E 347A D004 4ADE 55BA 8A5F 199E 2F91 FD43 1D51 From : /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-release Key imported successfully Importing GPG key 0xD4082792: Userid : "Red Hat, Inc. (auxiliary key) <security>" Fingerprint: 6A6A A7C9 7C88 90AE C6AE BFE2 F76F 66C3 D408 2792 From : /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-release Key imported successfully Running transaction check Transaction check succeeded. Running transaction test Transaction test succeeded. Running transaction Preparing : 1/1 Running scriptlet: NetworkManager-libnm-1:1.22.8-5.el8_2.x86_64 1/1 Upgrading : NetworkManager-libnm-1:1.22.8-5.el8_2.x86_64 1/8 Running scriptlet: NetworkManager-libnm-1:1.22.8-5.el8_2.x86_64 1/8 Running scriptlet: NetworkManager-1:1.22.8-5.el8_2.x86_64 2/8 Upgrading : NetworkManager-1:1.22.8-5.el8_2.x86_64 2/8 Running scriptlet: NetworkManager-1:1.22.8-5.el8_2.x86_64 2/8 Upgrading : NetworkManager-team-1:1.22.8-5.el8_2.x86_64 3/8 Upgrading : NetworkManager-tui-1:1.22.8-5.el8_2.x86_64 4/8 Cleanup : NetworkManager-tui-1:1.20.0-5.el8_1.x86_64 5/8 Cleanup : NetworkManager-team-1:1.20.0-5.el8_1.x86_64 6/8 Running scriptlet: NetworkManager-1:1.20.0-5.el8_1.x86_64 7/8 Cleanup : NetworkManager-1:1.20.0-5.el8_1.x86_64 7/8 Running scriptlet: NetworkManager-1:1.20.0-5.el8_1.x86_64 7/8 Cleanup : NetworkManager-libnm-1:1.20.0-5.el8_1.x86_64 8/8 Running scriptlet: NetworkManager-libnm-1:1.20.0-5.el8_1.x86_64 8/8 Verifying : NetworkManager-libnm-1:1.22.8-5.el8_2.x86_64 1/8 Verifying : NetworkManager-libnm-1:1.20.0-5.el8_1.x86_64 2/8 Verifying : NetworkManager-team-1:1.22.8-5.el8_2.x86_64 3/8 Verifying : NetworkManager-team-1:1.20.0-5.el8_1.x86_64 4/8 Verifying : NetworkManager-1:1.22.8-5.el8_2.x86_64 5/8 Verifying : NetworkManager-1:1.20.0-5.el8_1.x86_64 6/8 Verifying : NetworkManager-tui-1:1.22.8-5.el8_2.x86_64 7/8 Verifying : NetworkManager-tui-1:1.20.0-5.el8_1.x86_64 8/8 Installed products updated. Upgraded: NetworkManager-libnm-1:1.22.8-5.el8_2.x86_64 NetworkManager-team-1:1.22.8-5.el8_2.x86_64 NetworkManager-1:1.22.8-5.el8_2.x86_64 NetworkManager-tui-1:1.22.8-5.el8_2.x86_64 Complete! ~~~ ~~~ [root@rhel-81 ~]# ip link ls dev bond2 4: bond2: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,MASTER,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 9000 qdisc noqueue state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000 link/ether 52:54:00:75:8f:8c brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff [root@rhel-81 ~]# reboot ~~~ ~~~ After reboot: ~~~ [root@rhel-81 ~]# ip link ls dev bond2 4: bond2: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,MASTER,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000 link/ether 52:54:00:75:8f:8c brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff [root@rhel-81 ~]# ~~~ So, this is definitely a change in behavior of NetworkManager from 1.20.0-5.el8_1.x86_64 to 1.22.8-5.el8_2.x86_64. Available versions are: ~~~ [root@rhel-81 ~]# yum search NetworkManager --showduplicates Updating Subscription Management repositories. Last metadata expiration check: 0:02:13 ago on Wed 21 Oct 2020 10:56:40 AM EDT. ==================================================================================================== Name Exactly Matched: NetworkManager ==================================================================================================== NetworkManager-1:1.22.8-5.el8_2.x86_64 : Network connection manager and user applications NetworkManager-1:1.14.0-14.el8.x86_64 : Network connection manager and user applications NetworkManager-1:1.20.0-3.el8.x86_64 : Network connection manager and user applications NetworkManager-1:1.22.8-4.el8.x86_64 : Network connection manager and user applications NetworkManager-1:1.20.0-5.el8_1.x86_64 : Network connection manager and user applications NetworkManager-1:1.22.8-5.el8_2.x86_64 : Network connection manager and user applications ~~~
After 1.20.0-5.el8_1.x86_64, the next build that I can find in our internal repos is: ~~~ [root@rhel-81 nm]# ll total 21788 -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 2290292 Nov 18 2019 NetworkManager-1.22.0-0.1.el8.x86_64.rpm -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 132376 Nov 18 2019 NetworkManager-adsl-1.22.0-0.1.el8.x86_64.rpm -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 170956 Nov 18 2019 NetworkManager-adsl-debuginfo-1.22.0-0.1.el8.x86_64.rpm -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 158328 Nov 18 2019 NetworkManager-bluetooth-1.22.0-0.1.el8.x86_64.rpm -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 250908 Nov 18 2019 NetworkManager-bluetooth-debuginfo-1.22.0-0.1.el8.x86_64.rpm -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 8874448 Nov 18 2019 NetworkManager-debuginfo-1.22.0-0.1.el8.x86_64.rpm -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 2655800 Nov 18 2019 NetworkManager-debugsource-1.22.0-0.1.el8.x86_64.rpm -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 1764500 Nov 18 2019 NetworkManager-libnm-1.22.0-0.1.el8.x86_64.rpm -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 2011504 Nov 18 2019 NetworkManager-libnm-debuginfo-1.22.0-0.1.el8.x86_64.rpm -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 1055140 Nov 18 2019 NetworkManager-libnm-devel-1.22.0-0.1.el8.x86_64.rpm -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 142944 Nov 18 2019 NetworkManager-ovs-1.22.0-0.1.el8.x86_64.rpm -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 182940 Nov 18 2019 NetworkManager-ovs-debuginfo-1.22.0-0.1.el8.x86_64.rpm -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 141300 Nov 18 2019 NetworkManager-ppp-1.22.0-0.1.el8.x86_64.rpm -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 192696 Nov 18 2019 NetworkManager-ppp-debuginfo-1.22.0-0.1.el8.x86_64.rpm -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 135484 Nov 18 2019 NetworkManager-team-1.22.0-0.1.el8.x86_64.rpm -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 180892 Nov 18 2019 NetworkManager-team-debuginfo-1.22.0-0.1.el8.x86_64.rpm -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 308984 Nov 18 2019 NetworkManager-tui-1.22.0-0.1.el8.x86_64.rpm -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 656648 Nov 18 2019 NetworkManager-tui-debuginfo-1.22.0-0.1.el8.x86_64.rpm -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 177552 Nov 18 2019 NetworkManager-wifi-1.22.0-0.1.el8.x86_64.rpm -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 329644 Nov 18 2019 NetworkManager-wifi-debuginfo-1.22.0-0.1.el8.x86_64.rpm -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 164240 Nov 18 2019 NetworkManager-wwan-1.22.0-0.1.el8.x86_64.rpm -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 280660 Nov 18 2019 NetworkManager-wwan-debuginfo-1.22.0-0.1.el8.x86_64.rpm [root@rhel-81 nm]# yum localupdate *.rpm Updating Subscription Management repositories. Last metadata expiration check: 0:34:56 ago on Wed 21 Oct 2020 11:14:59 AM EDT. Package NetworkManager-adsl not installed, cannot update it. No match for argument: NetworkManager-adsl-1.22.0-0.1.el8.x86_64.rpm Package NetworkManager-adsl-debuginfo not installed, cannot update it. No match for argument: NetworkManager-adsl-debuginfo-1.22.0-0.1.el8.x86_64.rpm Package NetworkManager-bluetooth not installed, cannot update it. No match for argument: NetworkManager-bluetooth-1.22.0-0.1.el8.x86_64.rpm Package NetworkManager-bluetooth-debuginfo not installed, cannot update it. No match for argument: NetworkManager-bluetooth-debuginfo-1.22.0-0.1.el8.x86_64.rpm Package NetworkManager-debuginfo not installed, cannot update it. No match for argument: NetworkManager-debuginfo-1.22.0-0.1.el8.x86_64.rpm Package NetworkManager-debugsource not installed, cannot update it. No match for argument: NetworkManager-debugsource-1.22.0-0.1.el8.x86_64.rpm Package NetworkManager-libnm-debuginfo not installed, cannot update it. No match for argument: NetworkManager-libnm-debuginfo-1.22.0-0.1.el8.x86_64.rpm Package NetworkManager-libnm-devel not installed, cannot update it. No match for argument: NetworkManager-libnm-devel-1.22.0-0.1.el8.x86_64.rpm Package NetworkManager-ovs not installed, cannot update it. No match for argument: NetworkManager-ovs-1.22.0-0.1.el8.x86_64.rpm Package NetworkManager-ovs-debuginfo not installed, cannot update it. No match for argument: NetworkManager-ovs-debuginfo-1.22.0-0.1.el8.x86_64.rpm Package NetworkManager-ppp not installed, cannot update it. No match for argument: NetworkManager-ppp-1.22.0-0.1.el8.x86_64.rpm Package NetworkManager-ppp-debuginfo not installed, cannot update it. No match for argument: NetworkManager-ppp-debuginfo-1.22.0-0.1.el8.x86_64.rpm Package NetworkManager-team-debuginfo not installed, cannot update it. No match for argument: NetworkManager-team-debuginfo-1.22.0-0.1.el8.x86_64.rpm Package NetworkManager-tui-debuginfo not installed, cannot update it. No match for argument: NetworkManager-tui-debuginfo-1.22.0-0.1.el8.x86_64.rpm Package NetworkManager-wifi not installed, cannot update it. No match for argument: NetworkManager-wifi-1.22.0-0.1.el8.x86_64.rpm Package NetworkManager-wifi-debuginfo not installed, cannot update it. No match for argument: NetworkManager-wifi-debuginfo-1.22.0-0.1.el8.x86_64.rpm Package NetworkManager-wwan not installed, cannot update it. No match for argument: NetworkManager-wwan-1.22.0-0.1.el8.x86_64.rpm Package NetworkManager-wwan-debuginfo not installed, cannot update it. No match for argument: NetworkManager-wwan-debuginfo-1.22.0-0.1.el8.x86_64.rpm Dependencies resolved. ============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================== Package Architecture Version Repository Size ============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================== Upgrading: NetworkManager x86_64 1:1.22.0-0.1.el8 @commandline 2.2 M NetworkManager-libnm x86_64 1:1.22.0-0.1.el8 @commandline 1.7 M NetworkManager-team x86_64 1:1.22.0-0.1.el8 @commandline 132 k NetworkManager-tui x86_64 1:1.22.0-0.1.el8 @commandline 302 k Transaction Summary ============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================== Upgrade 4 Packages Total size: 4.3 M Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: Running transaction check Transaction check succeeded. Running transaction test Transaction test succeeded. Running transaction Preparing : 1/1 Running scriptlet: NetworkManager-libnm-1:1.22.0-0.1.el8.x86_64 1/1 Upgrading : NetworkManager-libnm-1:1.22.0-0.1.el8.x86_64 1/8 Running scriptlet: NetworkManager-libnm-1:1.22.0-0.1.el8.x86_64 1/8 Running scriptlet: NetworkManager-1:1.22.0-0.1.el8.x86_64 2/8 Upgrading : NetworkManager-1:1.22.0-0.1.el8.x86_64 2/8 Running scriptlet: NetworkManager-1:1.22.0-0.1.el8.x86_64 2/8 Upgrading : NetworkManager-team-1:1.22.0-0.1.el8.x86_64 3/8 Upgrading : NetworkManager-tui-1:1.22.0-0.1.el8.x86_64 4/8 Cleanup : NetworkManager-tui-1:1.20.0-5.el8_1.x86_64 5/8 Cleanup : NetworkManager-team-1:1.20.0-5.el8_1.x86_64 6/8 Running scriptlet: NetworkManager-1:1.20.0-5.el8_1.x86_64 7/8 Cleanup : NetworkManager-1:1.20.0-5.el8_1.x86_64 7/8 Running scriptlet: NetworkManager-1:1.20.0-5.el8_1.x86_64 7/8 Cleanup : NetworkManager-libnm-1:1.20.0-5.el8_1.x86_64 8/8 Running scriptlet: NetworkManager-libnm-1:1.20.0-5.el8_1.x86_64 8/8 Verifying : NetworkManager-1:1.22.0-0.1.el8.x86_64 1/8 Verifying : NetworkManager-1:1.20.0-5.el8_1.x86_64 2/8 Verifying : NetworkManager-libnm-1:1.22.0-0.1.el8.x86_64 3/8 Verifying : NetworkManager-libnm-1:1.20.0-5.el8_1.x86_64 4/8 Verifying : NetworkManager-team-1:1.22.0-0.1.el8.x86_64 5/8 Verifying : NetworkManager-team-1:1.20.0-5.el8_1.x86_64 6/8 Verifying : NetworkManager-tui-1:1.22.0-0.1.el8.x86_64 7/8 Verifying : NetworkManager-tui-1:1.20.0-5.el8_1.x86_64 8/8 Installed products updated. Upgraded: NetworkManager-1:1.22.0-0.1.el8.x86_64 NetworkManager-libnm-1:1.22.0-0.1.el8.x86_64 NetworkManager-team-1:1.22.0-0.1.el8.x86_64 NetworkManager-tui-1:1.22.0-0.1.el8.x86_64 Complete! [root@rhel-81 nm]# ip link ls dev bond2 4: bond2: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,MASTER,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 9000 qdisc noqueue state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000 link/ether 52:54:00:75:8f:8c brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff [root@rhel-81 nm]# reboot Connection to 192.168.122.227 closed by remote host. Connection to 192.168.122.227 closed. [root@dell-r430-35 ~]# ~~~ After the reboot: ~~~ [root@rhel-81 ~]# ip link ls dev bond2 4: bond2: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,MASTER,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000 link/ether 52:54:00:75:8f:8c brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff [root@rhel-81 ~]# ~~~ That was obviously a bigger update - rpm is 1.22.0-0.1.el8.x86_64: ~~~ [root@rhel-81 ~]# rpm -q --changelog NetworkManager | head * Wed Nov 13 2019 Beniamino Galvani <bgalvani> - 1:1.22.0-0.1 - Update to 1.21.3, a development snapshot of NetworkManager 1.22 * Tue Oct 01 2019 Lubomir Rintel <lrintel> - 1:1.20.0-4 - initrd: re-enable the generator (rh #1626348) * Tue Aug 27 2019 Thomas Haller <thaller> - 1:1.20.0-3 - wifi: detect FT support per device to fix issues with driver support (rh #1743730) - doc: fix default values in pre-generated documentation (rh #1737945) ~~~ Compare that to the changelog of 1.20.0-5.el8_1.x86_64 : ~~~ [root@rhel-81 ~]# rpm -q --changelog NetworkManager | head * Thu Nov 21 2019 Beniamino Galvani <bgalvani> - 1:1.20.0-5 - ipv6: disable kernel handling of RAs (accept_ra) (rh #1734470) - device: fix setting MTU lower than 1280 when IPv6 is disabled (rh #1753128) * Mon Nov 11 2019 Beniamino Galvani <bgalvani> - 1:1.20.0-4 - try to keep MTU after the parent interface changes its MTU (rh #1751079) * Tue Aug 27 2019 Thomas Haller <thaller> - 1:1.20.0-3 - wifi: detect FT support per device to fix issues with driver support (rh #1743730) - doc: fix default values in pre-generated documentation (rh #1737945) [root@rhel-81 ~]# ~~~ =========================================== Next test, downgrading to: ~~~ Downgrading: NetworkManager x86_64 1:1.20.0-4.el8 @commandline 2.3 M NetworkManager-libnm x86_64 1:1.20.0-4.el8 @commandline 1.7 M NetworkManager-team x86_64 1:1.20.0-4.el8 @commandline 132 k NetworkManager-tui x86_64 1:1.20.0-4.el8 @commandline 306 k ~~~ ~~~ [root@rhel-81 nm]# rpm -q --changelog NetworkManager | head * Tue Oct 01 2019 Lubomir Rintel <lrintel> - 1:1.20.0-4 - initrd: re-enable the generator (rh #1626348) * Tue Aug 27 2019 Thomas Haller <thaller> - 1:1.20.0-3 - wifi: detect FT support per device to fix issues with driver support (rh #1743730) - doc: fix default values in pre-generated documentation (rh #1737945) * Thu Aug 15 2019 Lubomir Rintel <lrintel> - 1:1.20.0-2 - Import translations (rh #1689999) ~~~ ~~~ [root@rhel-81 ~]# ip link ls dev bond2 4: bond2: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,MASTER,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 9000 qdisc noqueue state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000 link/ether 52:54:00:75:8f:8c brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff [root@rhel-81 ~]# ~~~ So, now we covered going from 1.20.0-4 to 1.22.0-0.1, too.
For context: The bond is configured to get a lease with DHCP and to set jumbo frames. However, there is no DHCP server on the network and thus the DHCP client will not return, the interface will remain in activating. That's o.k. - however, the interface sets its MTU after getting an address via DHCP only, and thus the MTU is not set. What's strange is that the behavior changed between 1.20.0-5.el8_1.x86_64 and 1.22.8-5.el8_2.x86_64 for bonds configured with MTU=9000, configured to get an address via DHCP with a very long timeout, and with no DHCP server actually answering to the request. The question is which behavior is as per design, the behavior of *.20.* or of *.22.* and why did the behavior change.
From a git bisect, the behavior changed with this commit: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/commit/64a9dd38047a05592581e78453bf23582f195b1d I'm not sure the effect on MTU change was intended.
Hi, Thanks for that. I'm not really sure which behavior is the correct or intended one, anyway, given that the behavior was different for single interfaces vs bonds in earlier versions. I'll reach out to the customer and suggest that they disable DHCP or shorten the timeout on the bond in question. I'll leave it up to the devs to decide what to do with this bug report and to decide if this actually is a bug. - Andreas
Thanks. We will investigate this in RHEL 8.5
The MTU specified in the connection should be applied even if DHCP doesn't succeed. The change in RHEL 8.2 was not intended. I prepared a patch to restore the old, correct, behavior: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/merge_requests/859 https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager-ci/-/merge_requests/764
as said NMCI test added: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager-ci/-/merge_requests/764
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory (Moderate: NetworkManager security, bug fix, and enhancement update), and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4361