+static length_t choose_initial_maxmtu(node_t *n) {
+#ifdef IP_MTU
+
+ int sock = -1;
+
+ const sockaddr_t *sa = NULL;
+ int sockindex;
+ choose_udp_address(n, &sa, &sockindex);
+ if(!sa)
+ return MTU;
+
+ sock = socket(sa->sa.sa_family, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_UDP);
+ if(sock < 0) {
+ logger(DEBUG_TRAFFIC, LOG_ERR, "Creating MTU assessment socket for %s (%s) failed: %s", n->name, n->hostname, sockstrerror(sockerrno));
+ return MTU;
+ }
+
+ if(connect(sock, &sa->sa, SALEN(sa->sa))) {
+ logger(DEBUG_TRAFFIC, LOG_ERR, "Connecting MTU assessment socket for %s (%s) failed: %s", n->name, n->hostname, sockstrerror(sockerrno));
+ close(sock);
+ return MTU;
+ }
+
+ int ip_mtu;
+ socklen_t ip_mtu_len = sizeof ip_mtu;
+ if(getsockopt(sock, IPPROTO_IP, IP_MTU, &ip_mtu, &ip_mtu_len)) {
+ logger(DEBUG_TRAFFIC, LOG_ERR, "getsockopt(IP_MTU) on %s (%s) failed: %s", n->name, n->hostname, sockstrerror(sockerrno));
+ close(sock);
+ return MTU;
+ }
+
+ close(sock);
+
+ /* getsockopt(IP_MTU) returns the MTU of the physical interface.
+ We need to remove various overheads to get to the tinc MTU. */
+ length_t mtu = ip_mtu;
+ mtu -= (sa->sa.sa_family == AF_INET6) ? sizeof(struct ip6_hdr) : sizeof(struct ip);
+ mtu -= 8; /* UDP */
+ if(n->status.sptps) {
+ mtu -= SPTPS_DATAGRAM_OVERHEAD;
+ if((n->options >> 24) >= 4)
+ mtu -= sizeof(node_id_t) + sizeof(node_id_t);
+ }
+
+ if (mtu < 512) {
+ logger(DEBUG_TRAFFIC, LOG_ERR, "getsockopt(IP_MTU) on %s (%s) returned absurdly small value: %d", n->name, n->hostname, ip_mtu);
+ return MTU;
+ }
+ if (mtu > MTU)
+ return MTU;
+
+ logger(DEBUG_TRAFFIC, LOG_INFO, "Using system-provided maximum tinc MTU for %s (%s): %hd", n->name, n->hostname, mtu);
+ return mtu;
+
+#else
+
+ return MTU;
+
+#endif
+}
+