From: Georg Kohmann <geoko...@cisco.com>
Date: Thu,  2 Aug 2018 13:56:58 +0200

> When a ICMPV6_PKT_TOOBIG is received from a link local address the pmtu will
> be updated on a route with an arbitrary interface index. Subsequent packets
> sent back to the same link local address may therefore end up not
> considering the updated pmtu.
> 
> Current behavior breaks TAHI v6LC4.1.4 Reduce PMTU On-link. Referring to RFC
> 1981: Section 3: "Note that Path MTU Discovery must be performed even in
> cases where a node "thinks" a destination is attached to the same link as
> itself. In a situation such as when a neighboring router acts as proxy [ND]
> for some destination, the destination can to appear to be directly
> connected but is in fact more than one hop away."
> 
> Using the interface index from the incoming ICMPV6_PKT_TOOBIG when updating
> the pmtu.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Georg Kohmann <geoko...@cisco.com>

Applied, thanks Georg.

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