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1 | Documentation for /proc/sys/net/* kernel version 2.4.0-test11-pre4 |
2 | (c) 1999 Terrehon Bowden <terrehon@pacbell.net> | |
3 | Bodo Bauer <bb@ricochet.net> | |
4 | (c) 2000 Jorge Nerin <comandante@zaralinux.com> | |
5 | (c) 2009 Shen Feng <shen@cn.fujitsu.com> | |
6 | ||
7 | For general info and legal blurb, please look in README. | |
8 | ||
9 | ============================================================== | |
10 | ||
11 | This file contains the documentation for the sysctl files in | |
12 | /proc/sys/net and is valid for Linux kernel version 2.4.0-test11-pre4. | |
13 | ||
14 | The interface to the networking parts of the kernel is located in | |
15 | /proc/sys/net. The following table shows all possible subdirectories.You may | |
16 | see only some of them, depending on your kernel's configuration. | |
17 | ||
18 | ||
19 | Table : Subdirectories in /proc/sys/net | |
20 | .............................................................................. | |
21 | Directory Content Directory Content | |
22 | core General parameter appletalk Appletalk protocol | |
23 | unix Unix domain sockets netrom NET/ROM | |
24 | 802 E802 protocol ax25 AX25 | |
25 | ethernet Ethernet protocol rose X.25 PLP layer | |
26 | ipv4 IP version 4 x25 X.25 protocol | |
27 | ipx IPX token-ring IBM token ring | |
28 | bridge Bridging decnet DEC net | |
29 | ipv6 IP version 6 | |
30 | .............................................................................. | |
31 | ||
32 | 1. /proc/sys/net/core - Network core options | |
33 | ------------------------------------------------------- | |
34 | ||
35 | rmem_default | |
36 | ------------ | |
37 | ||
38 | The default setting of the socket receive buffer in bytes. | |
39 | ||
40 | rmem_max | |
41 | -------- | |
42 | ||
43 | The maximum receive socket buffer size in bytes. | |
44 | ||
45 | wmem_default | |
46 | ------------ | |
47 | ||
48 | The default setting (in bytes) of the socket send buffer. | |
49 | ||
50 | wmem_max | |
51 | -------- | |
52 | ||
53 | The maximum send socket buffer size in bytes. | |
54 | ||
55 | message_burst and message_cost | |
56 | ------------------------------ | |
57 | ||
58 | These parameters are used to limit the warning messages written to the kernel | |
59 | log from the networking code. They enforce a rate limit to make a | |
60 | denial-of-service attack impossible. A higher message_cost factor, results in | |
61 | fewer messages that will be written. Message_burst controls when messages will | |
62 | be dropped. The default settings limit warning messages to one every five | |
63 | seconds. | |
64 | ||
65 | warnings | |
66 | -------- | |
67 | ||
68 | This controls console messages from the networking stack that can occur because | |
69 | of problems on the network like duplicate address or bad checksums. Normally, | |
70 | this should be enabled, but if the problem persists the messages can be | |
71 | disabled. | |
72 | ||
73 | netdev_budget | |
74 | ------------- | |
75 | ||
76 | Maximum number of packets taken from all interfaces in one polling cycle (NAPI | |
77 | poll). In one polling cycle interfaces which are registered to polling are | |
78 | probed in a round-robin manner. The limit of packets in one such probe can be | |
79 | set per-device via sysfs class/net/<device>/weight . | |
80 | ||
81 | netdev_max_backlog | |
82 | ------------------ | |
83 | ||
84 | Maximum number of packets, queued on the INPUT side, when the interface | |
85 | receives packets faster than kernel can process them. | |
86 | ||
87 | optmem_max | |
88 | ---------- | |
89 | ||
90 | Maximum ancillary buffer size allowed per socket. Ancillary data is a sequence | |
91 | of struct cmsghdr structures with appended data. | |
92 | ||
93 | 2. /proc/sys/net/unix - Parameters for Unix domain sockets | |
94 | ------------------------------------------------------- | |
95 | ||
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96 | There is only one file in this directory. |
97 | unix_dgram_qlen limits the max number of datagrams queued in Unix domain | |
ca8b9950 | 98 | socket's buffer. It will not take effect unless PF_UNIX flag is specified. |
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100 | ||
101 | 3. /proc/sys/net/ipv4 - IPV4 settings | |
102 | ------------------------------------------------------- | |
103 | Please see: Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt and ipvs-sysctl.txt for | |
104 | descriptions of these entries. | |
105 | ||
106 | ||
107 | 4. Appletalk | |
108 | ------------------------------------------------------- | |
109 | ||
110 | The /proc/sys/net/appletalk directory holds the Appletalk configuration data | |
111 | when Appletalk is loaded. The configurable parameters are: | |
112 | ||
113 | aarp-expiry-time | |
114 | ---------------- | |
115 | ||
116 | The amount of time we keep an ARP entry before expiring it. Used to age out | |
117 | old hosts. | |
118 | ||
119 | aarp-resolve-time | |
120 | ----------------- | |
121 | ||
122 | The amount of time we will spend trying to resolve an Appletalk address. | |
123 | ||
124 | aarp-retransmit-limit | |
125 | --------------------- | |
126 | ||
127 | The number of times we will retransmit a query before giving up. | |
128 | ||
129 | aarp-tick-time | |
130 | -------------- | |
131 | ||
132 | Controls the rate at which expires are checked. | |
133 | ||
134 | The directory /proc/net/appletalk holds the list of active Appletalk sockets | |
135 | on a machine. | |
136 | ||
137 | The fields indicate the DDP type, the local address (in network:node format) | |
138 | the remote address, the size of the transmit pending queue, the size of the | |
139 | received queue (bytes waiting for applications to read) the state and the uid | |
140 | owning the socket. | |
141 | ||
142 | /proc/net/atalk_iface lists all the interfaces configured for appletalk.It | |
143 | shows the name of the interface, its Appletalk address, the network range on | |
144 | that address (or network number for phase 1 networks), and the status of the | |
145 | interface. | |
146 | ||
147 | /proc/net/atalk_route lists each known network route. It lists the target | |
148 | (network) that the route leads to, the router (may be directly connected), the | |
149 | route flags, and the device the route is using. | |
150 | ||
151 | ||
152 | 5. IPX | |
153 | ------------------------------------------------------- | |
154 | ||
155 | The IPX protocol has no tunable values in proc/sys/net. | |
156 | ||
157 | The IPX protocol does, however, provide proc/net/ipx. This lists each IPX | |
158 | socket giving the local and remote addresses in Novell format (that is | |
159 | network:node:port). In accordance with the strange Novell tradition, | |
160 | everything but the port is in hex. Not_Connected is displayed for sockets that | |
161 | are not tied to a specific remote address. The Tx and Rx queue sizes indicate | |
162 | the number of bytes pending for transmission and reception. The state | |
163 | indicates the state the socket is in and the uid is the owning uid of the | |
164 | socket. | |
165 | ||
166 | The /proc/net/ipx_interface file lists all IPX interfaces. For each interface | |
167 | it gives the network number, the node number, and indicates if the network is | |
168 | the primary network. It also indicates which device it is bound to (or | |
169 | Internal for internal networks) and the Frame Type if appropriate. Linux | |
170 | supports 802.3, 802.2, 802.2 SNAP and DIX (Blue Book) ethernet framing for | |
171 | IPX. | |
172 | ||
173 | The /proc/net/ipx_route table holds a list of IPX routes. For each route it | |
174 | gives the destination network, the router node (or Directly) and the network | |
175 | address of the router (or Connected) for internal networks. |