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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst index d91ab28718d4..2572eecc3e86 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst @@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ ip_default_ttl - INTEGER ip_no_pmtu_disc - INTEGER Disable Path MTU Discovery. If enabled in mode 1 and a fragmentation-required ICMP is received, the PMTU to this - destination will be set to min_pmtu (see below). You will need + destination will be set to the smallest of the old MTU to + this destination and min_pmtu (see below). You will need to raise min_pmtu to the smallest interface MTU on your system manually if you want to avoid locally generated fragments. @@ -49,7 +50,8 @@ ip_no_pmtu_disc - INTEGER Default: FALSE min_pmtu - INTEGER - default 552 - minimum discovered Path MTU + default 552 - minimum Path MTU. Unless this is changed mannually, + each cached pmtu will never be lower than this setting. ip_forward_use_pmtu - BOOLEAN By default we don't trust protocol path MTUs while forwarding @@ -989,14 +991,6 @@ tcp_challenge_ack_limit - INTEGER in RFC 5961 (Improving TCP's Robustness to Blind In-Window Attacks) Default: 1000 -tcp_rx_skb_cache - BOOLEAN - Controls a per TCP socket cache of one skb, that might help - performance of some workloads. This might be dangerous - on systems with a lot of TCP sockets, since it increases - memory usage. - - Default: 0 (disabled) - UDP variables ============= @@ -1012,13 +1006,11 @@ udp_l3mdev_accept - BOOLEAN udp_mem - vector of 3 INTEGERs: min, pressure, max Number of pages allowed for queueing by all UDP sockets. - min: Below this number of pages UDP is not bothered about its - memory appetite. When amount of memory allocated by UDP exceeds - this number, UDP starts to moderate memory usage. + min: Number of pages allowed for queueing by all UDP sockets. pressure: This value was introduced to follow format of tcp_mem. - max: Number of pages allowed for queueing by all UDP sockets. + max: This value was introduced to follow format of tcp_mem. Default is calculated at boot time from amount of available memory. @@ -1619,6 +1611,15 @@ arp_accept - BOOLEAN gratuitous arp frame, the arp table will be updated regardless if this setting is on or off. +arp_evict_nocarrier - BOOLEAN + Clears the ARP cache on NOCARRIER events. This option is important for + wireless devices where the ARP cache should not be cleared when roaming + between access points on the same network. In most cases this should + remain as the default (1). + + - 1 - (default): Clear the ARP cache on NOCARRIER events + - 0 - Do not clear ARP cache on NOCARRIER events + mcast_solicit - INTEGER The maximum number of multicast probes in INCOMPLETE state, when the associated hardware address is unknown. Defaults @@ -2349,6 +2350,15 @@ ndisc_tclass - INTEGER * 0 - (default) +ndisc_evict_nocarrier - BOOLEAN + Clears the neighbor discovery table on NOCARRIER events. This option is + important for wireless devices where the neighbor discovery cache should + not be cleared when roaming between access points on the same network. + In most cases this should remain as the default (1). + + - 1 - (default): Clear neighbor discover cache on NOCARRIER events. + - 0 - Do not clear neighbor discovery cache on NOCARRIER events. + mldv1_unsolicited_report_interval - INTEGER The interval in milliseconds in which the next unsolicited MLDv1 report retransmit will take place. |