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diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/net.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/net.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..2793d4eac --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/net.txt @@ -0,0 +1,407 @@ +Documentation for /proc/sys/net/* + (c) 1999 Terrehon Bowden <terrehon@pacbell.net> + Bodo Bauer <bb@ricochet.net> + (c) 2000 Jorge Nerin <comandante@zaralinux.com> + (c) 2009 Shen Feng <shen@cn.fujitsu.com> + +For general info and legal blurb, please look in README. + +============================================================== + +This file contains the documentation for the sysctl files in +/proc/sys/net + +The interface to the networking parts of the kernel is located in +/proc/sys/net. The following table shows all possible subdirectories. You may +see only some of them, depending on your kernel's configuration. + + +Table : Subdirectories in /proc/sys/net +.............................................................................. + Directory Content Directory Content + core General parameter appletalk Appletalk protocol + unix Unix domain sockets netrom NET/ROM + 802 E802 protocol ax25 AX25 + ethernet Ethernet protocol rose X.25 PLP layer + ipv4 IP version 4 x25 X.25 protocol + ipx IPX token-ring IBM token ring + bridge Bridging decnet DEC net + ipv6 IP version 6 tipc TIPC +.............................................................................. + +1. /proc/sys/net/core - Network core options +------------------------------------------------------- + +bpf_jit_enable +-------------- + +This enables the BPF Just in Time (JIT) compiler. BPF is a flexible +and efficient infrastructure allowing to execute bytecode at various +hook points. It is used in a number of Linux kernel subsystems such +as networking (e.g. XDP, tc), tracing (e.g. kprobes, uprobes, tracepoints) +and security (e.g. seccomp). LLVM has a BPF back end that can compile +restricted C into a sequence of BPF instructions. After program load +through bpf(2) and passing a verifier in the kernel, a JIT will then +translate these BPF proglets into native CPU instructions. There are +two flavors of JITs, the newer eBPF JIT currently supported on: + - x86_64 + - x86_32 + - arm64 + - arm32 + - ppc64 + - sparc64 + - mips64 + - s390x + +And the older cBPF JIT supported on the following archs: + - mips + - ppc + - sparc + +eBPF JITs are a superset of cBPF JITs, meaning the kernel will +migrate cBPF instructions into eBPF instructions and then JIT +compile them transparently. Older cBPF JITs can only translate +tcpdump filters, seccomp rules, etc, but not mentioned eBPF +programs loaded through bpf(2). + +Values : + 0 - disable the JIT (default value) + 1 - enable the JIT + 2 - enable the JIT and ask the compiler to emit traces on kernel log. + +bpf_jit_harden +-------------- + +This enables hardening for the BPF JIT compiler. Supported are eBPF +JIT backends. Enabling hardening trades off performance, but can +mitigate JIT spraying. +Values : + 0 - disable JIT hardening (default value) + 1 - enable JIT hardening for unprivileged users only + 2 - enable JIT hardening for all users + +bpf_jit_kallsyms +---------------- + +When BPF JIT compiler is enabled, then compiled images are unknown +addresses to the kernel, meaning they neither show up in traces nor +in /proc/kallsyms. This enables export of these addresses, which can +be used for debugging/tracing. If bpf_jit_harden is enabled, this +feature is disabled. +Values : + 0 - disable JIT kallsyms export (default value) + 1 - enable JIT kallsyms export for privileged users only + +bpf_jit_limit +------------- + +This enforces a global limit for memory allocations to the BPF JIT +compiler in order to reject unprivileged JIT requests once it has +been surpassed. bpf_jit_limit contains the value of the global limit +in bytes. + +dev_weight +-------------- + +The maximum number of packets that kernel can handle on a NAPI interrupt, +it's a Per-CPU variable. For drivers that support LRO or GRO_HW, a hardware +aggregated packet is counted as one packet in this context. + +Default: 64 + +dev_weight_rx_bias +-------------- + +RPS (e.g. RFS, aRFS) processing is competing with the registered NAPI poll function +of the driver for the per softirq cycle netdev_budget. This parameter influences +the proportion of the configured netdev_budget that is spent on RPS based packet +processing during RX softirq cycles. It is further meant for making current +dev_weight adaptable for asymmetric CPU needs on RX/TX side of the network stack. +(see dev_weight_tx_bias) It is effective on a per CPU basis. Determination is based +on dev_weight and is calculated multiplicative (dev_weight * dev_weight_rx_bias). +Default: 1 + +dev_weight_tx_bias +-------------- + +Scales the maximum number of packets that can be processed during a TX softirq cycle. +Effective on a per CPU basis. Allows scaling of current dev_weight for asymmetric +net stack processing needs. Be careful to avoid making TX softirq processing a CPU hog. +Calculation is based on dev_weight (dev_weight * dev_weight_tx_bias). +Default: 1 + +default_qdisc +-------------- + +The default queuing discipline to use for network devices. This allows +overriding the default of pfifo_fast with an alternative. Since the default +queuing discipline is created without additional parameters so is best suited +to queuing disciplines that work well without configuration like stochastic +fair queue (sfq), CoDel (codel) or fair queue CoDel (fq_codel). Don't use +queuing disciplines like Hierarchical Token Bucket or Deficit Round Robin +which require setting up classes and bandwidths. Note that physical multiqueue +interfaces still use mq as root qdisc, which in turn uses this default for its +leaves. Virtual devices (like e.g. lo or veth) ignore this setting and instead +default to noqueue. +Default: pfifo_fast + +busy_read +---------------- +Low latency busy poll timeout for socket reads. (needs CONFIG_NET_RX_BUSY_POLL) +Approximate time in us to busy loop waiting for packets on the device queue. +This sets the default value of the SO_BUSY_POLL socket option. +Can be set or overridden per socket by setting socket option SO_BUSY_POLL, +which is the preferred method of enabling. If you need to enable the feature +globally via sysctl, a value of 50 is recommended. +Will increase power usage. +Default: 0 (off) + +busy_poll +---------------- +Low latency busy poll timeout for poll and select. (needs CONFIG_NET_RX_BUSY_POLL) +Approximate time in us to busy loop waiting for events. +Recommended value depends on the number of sockets you poll on. +For several sockets 50, for several hundreds 100. +For more than that you probably want to use epoll. +Note that only sockets with SO_BUSY_POLL set will be busy polled, +so you want to either selectively set SO_BUSY_POLL on those sockets or set +sysctl.net.busy_read globally. +Will increase power usage. +Default: 0 (off) + +rmem_default +------------ + +The default setting of the socket receive buffer in bytes. + +rmem_max +-------- + +The maximum receive socket buffer size in bytes. + +tstamp_allow_data +----------------- +Allow processes to receive tx timestamps looped together with the original +packet contents. If disabled, transmit timestamp requests from unprivileged +processes are dropped unless socket option SOF_TIMESTAMPING_OPT_TSONLY is set. +Default: 1 (on) + + +wmem_default +------------ + +The default setting (in bytes) of the socket send buffer. + +wmem_max +-------- + +The maximum send socket buffer size in bytes. + +message_burst and message_cost +------------------------------ + +These parameters are used to limit the warning messages written to the kernel +log from the networking code. They enforce a rate limit to make a +denial-of-service attack impossible. A higher message_cost factor, results in +fewer messages that will be written. Message_burst controls when messages will +be dropped. The default settings limit warning messages to one every five +seconds. + +warnings +-------- + +This sysctl is now unused. + +This was used to control console messages from the networking stack that +occur because of problems on the network like duplicate address or bad +checksums. + +These messages are now emitted at KERN_DEBUG and can generally be enabled +and controlled by the dynamic_debug facility. + +netdev_budget +------------- + +Maximum number of packets taken from all interfaces in one polling cycle (NAPI +poll). In one polling cycle interfaces which are registered to polling are +probed in a round-robin manner. Also, a polling cycle may not exceed +netdev_budget_usecs microseconds, even if netdev_budget has not been +exhausted. + +netdev_budget_usecs +--------------------- + +Maximum number of microseconds in one NAPI polling cycle. Polling +will exit when either netdev_budget_usecs have elapsed during the +poll cycle or the number of packets processed reaches netdev_budget. + +netdev_max_backlog +------------------ + +Maximum number of packets, queued on the INPUT side, when the interface +receives packets faster than kernel can process them. + +netdev_rss_key +-------------- + +RSS (Receive Side Scaling) enabled drivers use a 40 bytes host key that is +randomly generated. +Some user space might need to gather its content even if drivers do not +provide ethtool -x support yet. + +myhost:~# cat /proc/sys/net/core/netdev_rss_key +84:50:f4:00:a8:15:d1:a7:e9:7f:1d:60:35:c7:47:25:42:97:74:ca:56:bb:b6:a1:d8: ... (52 bytes total) + +File contains nul bytes if no driver ever called netdev_rss_key_fill() function. +Note: +/proc/sys/net/core/netdev_rss_key contains 52 bytes of key, +but most drivers only use 40 bytes of it. + +myhost:~# ethtool -x eth0 +RX flow hash indirection table for eth0 with 8 RX ring(s): + 0: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 +RSS hash key: +84:50:f4:00:a8:15:d1:a7:e9:7f:1d:60:35:c7:47:25:42:97:74:ca:56:bb:b6:a1:d8:43:e3:c9:0c:fd:17:55:c2:3a:4d:69:ed:f1:42:89 + +netdev_tstamp_prequeue +---------------------- + +If set to 0, RX packet timestamps can be sampled after RPS processing, when +the target CPU processes packets. It might give some delay on timestamps, but +permit to distribute the load on several cpus. + +If set to 1 (default), timestamps are sampled as soon as possible, before +queueing. + +optmem_max +---------- + +Maximum ancillary buffer size allowed per socket. Ancillary data is a sequence +of struct cmsghdr structures with appended data. + +fb_tunnels_only_for_init_net +---------------------------- + +Controls if fallback tunnels (like tunl0, gre0, gretap0, erspan0, +sit0, ip6tnl0, ip6gre0) are automatically created when a new +network namespace is created, if corresponding tunnel is present +in initial network namespace. +If set to 1, these devices are not automatically created, and +user space is responsible for creating them if needed. + +Default : 0 (for compatibility reasons) + +2. /proc/sys/net/unix - Parameters for Unix domain sockets +------------------------------------------------------- + +There is only one file in this directory. +unix_dgram_qlen limits the max number of datagrams queued in Unix domain +socket's buffer. It will not take effect unless PF_UNIX flag is specified. + + +3. /proc/sys/net/ipv4 - IPV4 settings +------------------------------------------------------- +Please see: Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt and ipvs-sysctl.txt for +descriptions of these entries. + + +4. Appletalk +------------------------------------------------------- + +The /proc/sys/net/appletalk directory holds the Appletalk configuration data +when Appletalk is loaded. The configurable parameters are: + +aarp-expiry-time +---------------- + +The amount of time we keep an ARP entry before expiring it. Used to age out +old hosts. + +aarp-resolve-time +----------------- + +The amount of time we will spend trying to resolve an Appletalk address. + +aarp-retransmit-limit +--------------------- + +The number of times we will retransmit a query before giving up. + +aarp-tick-time +-------------- + +Controls the rate at which expires are checked. + +The directory /proc/net/appletalk holds the list of active Appletalk sockets +on a machine. + +The fields indicate the DDP type, the local address (in network:node format) +the remote address, the size of the transmit pending queue, the size of the +received queue (bytes waiting for applications to read) the state and the uid +owning the socket. + +/proc/net/atalk_iface lists all the interfaces configured for appletalk.It +shows the name of the interface, its Appletalk address, the network range on +that address (or network number for phase 1 networks), and the status of the +interface. + +/proc/net/atalk_route lists each known network route. It lists the target +(network) that the route leads to, the router (may be directly connected), the +route flags, and the device the route is using. + + +5. IPX +------------------------------------------------------- + +The IPX protocol has no tunable values in proc/sys/net. + +The IPX protocol does, however, provide proc/net/ipx. This lists each IPX +socket giving the local and remote addresses in Novell format (that is +network:node:port). In accordance with the strange Novell tradition, +everything but the port is in hex. Not_Connected is displayed for sockets that +are not tied to a specific remote address. The Tx and Rx queue sizes indicate +the number of bytes pending for transmission and reception. The state +indicates the state the socket is in and the uid is the owning uid of the +socket. + +The /proc/net/ipx_interface file lists all IPX interfaces. For each interface +it gives the network number, the node number, and indicates if the network is +the primary network. It also indicates which device it is bound to (or +Internal for internal networks) and the Frame Type if appropriate. Linux +supports 802.3, 802.2, 802.2 SNAP and DIX (Blue Book) ethernet framing for +IPX. + +The /proc/net/ipx_route table holds a list of IPX routes. For each route it +gives the destination network, the router node (or Directly) and the network +address of the router (or Connected) for internal networks. + +6. TIPC +------------------------------------------------------- + +tipc_rmem +---------- + +The TIPC protocol now has a tunable for the receive memory, similar to the +tcp_rmem - i.e. a vector of 3 INTEGERs: (min, default, max) + + # cat /proc/sys/net/tipc/tipc_rmem + 4252725 34021800 68043600 + # + +The max value is set to CONN_OVERLOAD_LIMIT, and the default and min values +are scaled (shifted) versions of that same value. Note that the min value +is not at this point in time used in any meaningful way, but the triplet is +preserved in order to be consistent with things like tcp_rmem. + +named_timeout +-------------- + +TIPC name table updates are distributed asynchronously in a cluster, without +any form of transaction handling. This means that different race scenarios are +possible. One such is that a name withdrawal sent out by one node and received +by another node may arrive after a second, overlapping name publication already +has been accepted from a third node, although the conflicting updates +originally may have been issued in the correct sequential order. +If named_timeout is nonzero, failed topology updates will be placed on a defer +queue until another event arrives that clears the error, or until the timeout +expires. Value is in milliseconds. |