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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-12-08 07:55:01 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-12-08 07:55:01 -0800
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Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6: (1815 commits) mac80211: fix reorder buffer release iwmc3200wifi: Enable wimax core through module parameter iwmc3200wifi: Add wifi-wimax coexistence mode as a module parameter iwmc3200wifi: Coex table command does not expect a response iwmc3200wifi: Update wiwi priority table iwlwifi: driver version track kernel version iwlwifi: indicate uCode type when fail dump error/event log iwl3945: remove duplicated event logging code b43: fix two warnings ipw2100: fix rebooting hang with driver loaded cfg80211: indent regulatory messages with spaces iwmc3200wifi: fix NULL pointer dereference in pmkid update mac80211: Fix TX status reporting for injected data frames ath9k: enable 2GHz band only if the device supports it airo: Fix integer overflow warning rt2x00: Fix padding bug on L2PAD devices. WE: Fix set events not propagated b43legacy: avoid PPC fault during resume b43: avoid PPC fault during resume tcp: fix a timewait refcnt race ... Fix up conflicts due to sysctl cleanups (dead sysctl_check code and CTL_UNNUMBERED removed) in kernel/sysctl_check.c net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c net/ipv6/addrconf.c net/sctp/sysctl.c
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+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
@@ -164,6 +164,14 @@ tcp_congestion_control - STRING
additional choices may be available based on kernel configuration.
Default is set as part of kernel configuration.
+tcp_cookie_size - INTEGER
+ Default size of TCP Cookie Transactions (TCPCT) option, that may be
+ overridden on a per socket basis by the TCPCT socket option.
+ Values greater than the maximum (16) are interpreted as the maximum.
+ Values greater than zero and less than the minimum (8) are interpreted
+ as the minimum. Odd values are interpreted as the next even value.
+ Default: 0 (off).
+
tcp_dsack - BOOLEAN
Allows TCP to send "duplicate" SACKs.
@@ -723,6 +731,12 @@ accept_source_route - BOOLEAN
default TRUE (router)
FALSE (host)
+accept_local - BOOLEAN
+ Accept packets with local source addresses. In combination with
+ suitable routing, this can be used to direct packets between two
+ local interfaces over the wire and have them accepted properly.
+ default FALSE
+
rp_filter - INTEGER
0 - No source validation.
1 - Strict mode as defined in RFC3704 Strict Reverse Path
@@ -738,8 +752,8 @@ rp_filter - INTEGER
to prevent IP spoofing from DDos attacks. If using asymmetric routing
or other complicated routing, then loose mode is recommended.
- conf/all/rp_filter must also be set to non-zero to do source validation
- on the interface
+ The max value from conf/{all,interface}/rp_filter is used
+ when doing source validation on the {interface}.
Default value is 0. Note that some distributions enable it
in startup scripts.
@@ -1086,6 +1100,24 @@ accept_dad - INTEGER
2: Enable DAD, and disable IPv6 operation if MAC-based duplicate
link-local address has been found.
+force_tllao - BOOLEAN
+ Enable sending the target link-layer address option even when
+ responding to a unicast neighbor solicitation.
+ Default: FALSE
+
+ Quoting from RFC 2461, section 4.4, Target link-layer address:
+
+ "The option MUST be included for multicast solicitations in order to
+ avoid infinite Neighbor Solicitation "recursion" when the peer node
+ does not have a cache entry to return a Neighbor Advertisements
+ message. When responding to unicast solicitations, the option can be
+ omitted since the sender of the solicitation has the correct link-
+ layer address; otherwise it would not have be able to send the unicast
+ solicitation in the first place. However, including the link-layer
+ address in this case adds little overhead and eliminates a potential
+ race condition where the sender deletes the cached link-layer address
+ prior to receiving a response to a previous solicitation."
+
icmp/*:
ratelimit - INTEGER
Limit the maximal rates for sending ICMPv6 packets.
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