From ff4e58ff560d864432261a68502a8a5543145fdf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Crosby <crosbymichael@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2015 16:33:02 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Get Mtu from default route

If no Mtu value is provided to the docker daemon, get the mtu from the
default route's interface.  If there is no default route, default to a
mtu of 1500.

Signed-off-by: Michael Crosby <crosbymichael@gmail.com>
---
 daemon/daemon.go | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+)

diff --git a/daemon/daemon.go b/daemon/daemon.go
index 5410d14156..60d45b6a80 100644
--- a/daemon/daemon.go
+++ b/daemon/daemon.go
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/docker/docker/registry"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/runconfig"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/trust"
+	"github.com/docker/libcontainer/netlink"
 	"github.com/docker/libnetwork"
 )
 
@@ -589,6 +590,8 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) RegisterLinks(container *Container, hostConfig *runconfig.
 }
 
 func NewDaemon(config *Config, registryService *registry.Service) (daemon *Daemon, err error) {
+	setDefaultMtu(config)
+
 	// Ensure we have compatible configuration options
 	if err := checkConfigOptions(config); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -981,3 +984,30 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) newBaseContainer(id string) CommonContainer {
 		root:         daemon.containerRoot(id),
 	}
 }
+
+func setDefaultMtu(config *Config) {
+	// do nothing if the config does not have the default 0 value.
+	if config.Mtu != 0 {
+		return
+	}
+	config.Mtu = defaultNetworkMtu
+	if routeMtu, err := getDefaultRouteMtu(); err == nil {
+		config.Mtu = routeMtu
+	}
+}
+
+var errNoDefaultRoute = errors.New("no default route was found")
+
+// getDefaultRouteMtu returns the MTU for the default route's interface.
+func getDefaultRouteMtu() (int, error) {
+	routes, err := netlink.NetworkGetRoutes()
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	for _, r := range routes {
+		if r.Default {
+			return r.Iface.MTU, nil
+		}
+	}
+	return 0, errNoDefaultRoute
+}