linux.git/Documentation/networking, branch v2.6.33

IPv6: better document max_addresses parameter

2010-02-23T09:25:00+00:00

Andrew Morton wrote:
>> >From ip-sysctl.txt file in kernel documentation I can see following description
>> for max_addresses:
>> max_addresses - INTEGER
>>         Number of maximum addresses per interface.  0 disables limitation.
>>         It is recommended not set too large value (or 0) because it would
>>         be too easy way to crash kernel to allow to create too much of
>>         autoconfigured addresses.
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

>> If this parameter applies only for auto-configured IP addressed, please state
>> it more clearly in docs or rename the parameter to show that it refers to
>> auto-configuration.

It did mention autoconfigured in the text, but the below makes it more obvious.

More clearly document IPv6 max_addresses parameter.

Signed-off-by: Brian Haley 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

Documentation/3c509: document ethtool support

2010-01-11T23:53:45+00:00

3c509 was changed to support ethtool in 2002, making the 'xcvr' module
parameter obsolete in most cases.  More recently 3c509 was converted
to the modern driver model and this parameter was removed.  Fix the
documentation to refer to ethtool rather than the module parameter.

Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

ipv4 05/05: add sysctl to accept packets with local source addresses

2009-12-03T20:14:38+00:00

commit 8ec1e0ebe26087bfc5c0394ada5feb5758014fc8
Author: Patrick McHardy 
Date:   Thu Dec 3 12:16:35 2009 +0100

    ipv4: add sysctl to accept packets with local source addresses

    Change fib_validate_source() to accept packets with a local source address when
    the "accept_local" sysctl is set for the incoming inet device. Combined with the
    previous patches, this allows to communicate between multiple local interfaces
    over the wire.

    Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy 

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

TCPCT part 1c: sysctl_tcp_cookie_size, socket option TCP_COOKIE_TRANSACTIONS

2009-12-03T06:07:24+00:00

Define sysctl (tcp_cookie_size) to turn on and off the cookie option
default globally, instead of a compiled configuration option.

Define per socket option (TCP_COOKIE_TRANSACTIONS) for setting constant
data values, retrieving variable cookie values, and other facilities.

Move inline tcp_clear_options() unchanged from net/tcp.h to linux/tcp.h,
near its corresponding struct tcp_options_received (prior to changes).

This is a straightforward re-implementation of an earlier (year-old)
patch that no longer applies cleanly, with permission of the original
author (Adam Langley):

    http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/102586

These functions will also be used in subsequent patches that implement
additional features.

Requires:
   net: TCP_MSS_DEFAULT, TCP_MSS_DESIRED

Signed-off-by: William.Allen.Simpson@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6

2009-12-03T06:00:34+00:00

ip: update the description of rp_filter in ip-sysctl.txt

2009-12-02T23:39:04+00:00

The commit 27fed4175acf81ddd91d9a4ee2fd298981f60295 (ip: fix logic of
reverse path filter sysctl) has changed the logic of rp_filter.  The
document about rp_filter is out of date. Now, setting
conf/all/rp_filte with 0 can also enable source validation.

Update the document according to the commit.

Signed-off-by: Shan Wei 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

make TLLAO option for NA packets configurable

2009-10-07T08:10:45+00:00

On Friday 02 October 2009 20:53:51 you wrote:

> This is good although I would have shortened the name.

Ah, I knew I forgot something :) Here is v4.

tavi

>From 24d96d825b9fa832b22878cc6c990d5711968734 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Octavian Purdila 
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 00:51:15 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] ipv6: new sysctl for sending TLLAO with unicast NAs

Neighbor advertisements responding to unicast neighbor solicitations
did not include the target link-layer address option. This patch adds
a new sysctl option (disabled by default) which controls whether this
option should be sent even with unicast NAs.

The need for this arose because certain routers expect the TLLAO in
some situations even as a response to unicast NS packets.

Moreover, RFC 2461 recommends sending this to avoid a race condition
(section 4.4, Target link-layer address)

Signed-off-by: Cosmin Ratiu 
Signed-off-by: Octavian Purdila 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

bonding: introduce primary_reselect option

2009-10-07T08:07:39+00:00

In some cases there is not desirable to switch back to primary interface when
it's link recovers and rather stay with currently active one. We need to avoid
packetloss as much as we can in some cases. This is solved by introducing
primary_reselect option. Note that enslaved primary slave is set as current
active no matter what.

Patch modified by Jay Vosburgh as follows: fixed bug in action
after change of option setting via sysfs, revised the documentation
update, and bumped the bonding version number.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko 
Signed-off-by: Jay Vosburgh 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

pktgen: Fix multiqueue handling

2009-10-05T04:08:54+00:00

It is not currently possible to instruct pktgen to use one selected tx queue.

When Robert added multiqueue support in commit 45b270f8, he added
an interval (queue_map_min, queue_map_max), and his code doesnt take
into account the case of min = max, to select one tx queue exactly.

I suspect a high performance setup on a eight txqueue device wants
to use exactly eight cpus, and assign one tx queue to each sender.

This patchs makes pktgen select the right tx queue, not the first one.

Also updates Documentation to reflect Robert changes.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet 
Signed-off-by: Robert Olsson 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

net: Fix wrong sizeof

2009-10-02T16:55:19+00:00

Which is why I have always preferred sizeof(struct foo) over
sizeof(var).

Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare 
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller