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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2021-09-07 14:02:58 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2021-09-07 14:02:58 -0700
commit626bf91a292e2035af5b9d9cce35c5c138dfe06d (patch)
tree9f6e7e74511e3f27430f338bc454959fd487bcfd /Documentation
parent4c00e1e2e58eefb288ba9ef585b6f19e1f33bf1e (diff)
parent0f77f2defaf682eb7e7ef623168e49c74ae529e3 (diff)
Merge tag 'net-5.15-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net
Pull networking fixes and stragglers from Jakub Kicinski: "Networking stragglers and fixes, including changes from netfilter, wireless and can. Current release - regressions: - qrtr: revert check in qrtr_endpoint_post(), fixes audio and wifi - ip_gre: validate csum_start only on pull - bnxt_en: fix 64-bit doorbell operation on 32-bit kernels - ionic: fix double use of queue-lock, fix a sleeping in atomic - can: c_can: fix null-ptr-deref on ioctl() - cs89x0: disable compile testing on powerpc Current release - new code bugs: - bridge: mcast: fix vlan port router deadlock, consistently disable BH Previous releases - regressions: - dsa: tag_rtl4_a: fix egress tags, only port 0 was working - mptcp: fix possible divide by zero - netfilter: nft_ct: protect nft_ct_pcpu_template_refcnt with mutex - netfilter: socket: icmp6: fix use-after-scope - stmmac: fix MAC not working when system resume back with WoL active Previous releases - always broken: - ip/ip6_gre: use the same logic as SIT interfaces when computing v6LL address - seg6: set fc_nlinfo in nh_create_ipv4, nh_create_ipv6 - mptcp: only send extra TCP acks in eligible socket states - dsa: lantiq_gswip: fix maximum frame length - stmmac: fix overall budget calculation for rxtx_napi - bnxt_en: fix firmware version reporting via devlink - renesas: sh_eth: add missing barrier to fix freeing wrong tx descriptor Stragglers: - netfilter: conntrack: switch to siphash - netfilter: refuse insertion if chain has grown too large - ncsi: add get MAC address command to get Intel i210 MAC address" * tag 'net-5.15-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net: (76 commits) ieee802154: Remove redundant initialization of variable ret net: stmmac: fix MAC not working when system resume back with WoL active net: phylink: add suspend/resume support net: renesas: sh_eth: Fix freeing wrong tx descriptor bonding: 3ad: pass parameter bond_params by reference cxgb3: fix oops on module removal can: c_can: fix null-ptr-deref on ioctl() can: rcar_canfd: add __maybe_unused annotation to silence warning net: wwan: iosm: Unify IO accessors used in the driver net: wwan: iosm: Replace io.*64_lo_hi() with regular accessors net: qcom/emac: Replace strlcpy with strscpy ip6_gre: Revert "ip6_gre: add validation for csum_start" net: hns3: make hclgevf_cmd_caps_bit_map0 and hclge_cmd_caps_bit_map0 static selftests/bpf: Test XDP bonding nest and unwind bonding: Fix negative jump label count on nested bonding MAINTAINERS: add VM SOCKETS (AF_VSOCK) entry stmmac: dwmac-loongson:Fix missing return value iwlwifi: fix printk format warnings in uefi.c net: create netdev->dev_addr assignment helpers bnxt_en: Fix possible unintended driver initiated error recovery ...
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/nf_conntrack-sysctl.rst13
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/nf_conntrack-sysctl.rst b/Documentation/networking/nf_conntrack-sysctl.rst
index 34ca762ea56f..311128abb768 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/nf_conntrack-sysctl.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/nf_conntrack-sysctl.rst
@@ -17,9 +17,8 @@ nf_conntrack_acct - BOOLEAN
nf_conntrack_buckets - INTEGER
Size of hash table. If not specified as parameter during module
loading, the default size is calculated by dividing total memory
- by 16384 to determine the number of buckets but the hash table will
- never have fewer than 32 and limited to 16384 buckets. For systems
- with more than 4GB of memory it will be 65536 buckets.
+ by 16384 to determine the number of buckets. The hash table will
+ never have fewer than 1024 and never more than 262144 buckets.
This sysctl is only writeable in the initial net namespace.
nf_conntrack_checksum - BOOLEAN
@@ -100,8 +99,12 @@ nf_conntrack_log_invalid - INTEGER
Log invalid packets of a type specified by value.
nf_conntrack_max - INTEGER
- Size of connection tracking table. Default value is
- nf_conntrack_buckets value * 4.
+ Maximum number of allowed connection tracking entries. This value is set
+ to nf_conntrack_buckets by default.
+ Note that connection tracking entries are added to the table twice -- once
+ for the original direction and once for the reply direction (i.e., with
+ the reversed address). This means that with default settings a maxed-out
+ table will have a average hash chain length of 2, not 1.
nf_conntrack_tcp_be_liberal - BOOLEAN
- 0 - disabled (default)