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@@ -109,7 +109,10 @@ neigh/default/unres_qlen_bytes - INTEGER
queued for each unresolved address by other network layers.
(added in linux 3.3)
Setting negative value is meaningless and will return error.
- Default: 65536 Bytes(64KB)
+ Default: SK_WMEM_MAX, (same as net.core.wmem_default).
+ Exact value depends on architecture and kernel options,
+ but should be enough to allow queuing 256 packets
+ of medium size.
neigh/default/unres_qlen - INTEGER
The maximum number of packets which may be queued for each
@@ -119,7 +122,7 @@ neigh/default/unres_qlen - INTEGER
unexpected packet loss. The current default value is calculated
according to default value of unres_qlen_bytes and true size of
packet.
- Default: 31
+ Default: 101
mtu_expires - INTEGER
Time, in seconds, that cached PMTU information is kept.
@@ -353,12 +356,7 @@ tcp_l3mdev_accept - BOOLEAN
compiled with CONFIG_NET_L3_MASTER_DEV.
tcp_low_latency - BOOLEAN
- If set, the TCP stack makes decisions that prefer lower
- latency as opposed to higher throughput. By default, this
- option is not set meaning that higher throughput is preferred.
- An example of an application where this default should be
- changed would be a Beowulf compute cluster.
- Default: 0
+ This is a legacy option, it has no effect anymore.
tcp_max_orphans - INTEGER
Maximal number of TCP sockets not attached to any user file handle,
@@ -1291,8 +1289,7 @@ tag - INTEGER
xfrm4_gc_thresh - INTEGER
The threshold at which we will start garbage collecting for IPv4
destination cache entries. At twice this value the system will
- refuse new allocations. The value must be set below the flowcache
- limit (4096 * number of online cpus) to take effect.
+ refuse new allocations.
igmp_link_local_mcast_reports - BOOLEAN
Enable IGMP reports for link local multicast groups in the
@@ -1356,6 +1353,15 @@ flowlabel_state_ranges - BOOLEAN
FALSE: disabled
Default: true
+flowlabel_reflect - BOOLEAN
+ Automatically reflect the flow label. Needed for Path MTU
+ Discovery to work with Equal Cost Multipath Routing in anycast
+ environments. See RFC 7690 and:
+ https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-wang-6man-flow-label-reflection-01
+ TRUE: enabled
+ FALSE: disabled
+ Default: FALSE
+
anycast_src_echo_reply - BOOLEAN
Controls the use of anycast addresses as source addresses for ICMPv6
echo reply
@@ -1674,6 +1680,9 @@ accept_dad - INTEGER
2: Enable DAD, and disable IPv6 operation if MAC-based duplicate
link-local address has been found.
+ DAD operation and mode on a given interface will be selected according
+ to the maximum value of conf/{all,interface}/accept_dad.
+
force_tllao - BOOLEAN
Enable sending the target link-layer address option even when
responding to a unicast neighbor solicitation.
@@ -1721,16 +1730,23 @@ suppress_frag_ndisc - INTEGER
optimistic_dad - BOOLEAN
Whether to perform Optimistic Duplicate Address Detection (RFC 4429).
- 0: disabled (default)
- 1: enabled
+ 0: disabled (default)
+ 1: enabled
+
+ Optimistic Duplicate Address Detection for the interface will be enabled
+ if at least one of conf/{all,interface}/optimistic_dad is set to 1,
+ it will be disabled otherwise.
use_optimistic - BOOLEAN
If enabled, do not classify optimistic addresses as deprecated during
source address selection. Preferred addresses will still be chosen
before optimistic addresses, subject to other ranking in the source
address selection algorithm.
- 0: disabled (default)
- 1: enabled
+ 0: disabled (default)
+ 1: enabled
+
+ This will be enabled if at least one of
+ conf/{all,interface}/use_optimistic is set to 1, disabled otherwise.
stable_secret - IPv6 address
This IPv6 address will be used as a secret to generate IPv6
@@ -1778,8 +1794,7 @@ ratelimit - INTEGER
xfrm6_gc_thresh - INTEGER
The threshold at which we will start garbage collecting for IPv6
destination cache entries. At twice this value the system will
- refuse new allocations. The value must be set below the flowcache
- limit (4096 * number of online cpus) to take effect.
+ refuse new allocations.
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