Re: [PATCH] net: increase IP_TUNNEL_RECURSION_LIMIT to 5
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
Date: Fri Apr 03 2026 - 19:11:35 EST
Hello:
This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>:
On Thu, 2 Apr 2026 17:23:16 -0500 you wrote:
> In configurations with multiple tunnel layers and MPLS lwtunnel routing, a
> single tunnel hop can increment the counter beyond this limit. This causes
> packets to be dropped with the "Dead loop on virtual device" message even
> when a routing loop doesn't exist.
>
> Increase IP_TUNNEL_RECURSION_LIMIT from 4 to 5 to handle this use-case.
>
> [...]
Here is the summary with links:
- net: increase IP_TUNNEL_RECURSION_LIMIT to 5
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/77facb35227c
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