There is a github-gist providing this functionality:
import re
import socket
import struct
import logging
import subprocess
from fcntl import ioctl
SIOCGIFMTU = 0x8921
SIOCSIFMTU = 0x8922
log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
def get_mtu_for_address(ip):
routeinfo = subprocess.check_output(['ip', 'route', 'get', ip])
dev = re.search('.*dev (\w+) .*', routeinfo).groups()[0]
mtuinfo = subprocess.check_output(['ip', 'link', 'show', dev])
mtu = re.search('.*mtu ([0-9]+) .*', mtuinfo).groups()[0]
return int(mtu)
class Iface:
def __init__(self, ifname):
self.ifname = ifname
def get_mtu(self):
'''Use socket ioctl call to get MTU size'''
s = socket.socket(type=socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
ifr = self.ifname + '\x00'*(32-len(self.ifname))
try:
ifs = ioctl(s, SIOCGIFMTU, ifr)
mtu = struct.unpack('<H',ifs[16:18])[0]
except Exception, s:
log.critical('socket ioctl call failed: {0}'.format(s))
raise
log.debug('get_mtu: mtu of {0} = {1}'.format(self.ifname, mtu))
self.mtu = mtu
return mtu
def set_mtu(self, mtu):
'''Use socket ioctl call to set MTU size'''
s = socket.socket(type=socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
ifr = struct.pack('<16sH', self.ifname, mtu) + '\x00'*14
try:
ifs = ioctl(s, SIOCSIFMTU, ifr)
self.mtu = struct.unpack('<H',ifs[16:18])[0]
except Exception, s:
log.critical('socket ioctl call failed: {0}'.format(s))
raise
log.debug('set_mtu: mtu of {0} = {1}'.format(self.ifname, self.mtu))
return self.mtu
if __name__ == "__main__":
import sys
logging.basicConfig()
mtu = None
if len(sys.argv) > 2:
dev,mtu = sys.argv[1:]
elif len(sys.argv) > 1:
dev = sys.argv[1]
else:
dev = 'eth0'
iface = Iface(dev)
if mtu is not None:
iface.set_mtu(int(mtu))
print dev,'mtu =',iface.get_mtu()
Source: https://gist.github.com/nzjrs/8934855