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Documentation for /proc/sys/net/*
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(c) 1999 Terrehon Bowden <terrehon@pacbell.net>
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Bodo Bauer <bb@ricochet.net>
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(c) 2000 Jorge Nerin <comandante@zaralinux.com>
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(c) 2009 Shen Feng <shen@cn.fujitsu.com>
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For general info and legal blurb, please look in README.
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==============================================================
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This file contains the documentation for the sysctl files in
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/proc/sys/net
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The interface to the networking parts of the kernel is located in
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/proc/sys/net. The following table shows all possible subdirectories. You may
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see only some of them, depending on your kernel's configuration.
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Table : Subdirectories in /proc/sys/net
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Directory Content Directory Content
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core General parameter appletalk Appletalk protocol
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unix Unix domain sockets netrom NET/ROM
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802 E802 protocol ax25 AX25
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ethernet Ethernet protocol rose X.25 PLP layer
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ipv4 IP version 4 x25 X.25 protocol
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ipx IPX token-ring IBM token ring
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bridge Bridging decnet DEC net
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ipv6 IP version 6 tipc TIPC
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1. /proc/sys/net/core - Network core options
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-------------------------------------------------------
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bpf_jit_enable
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--------------
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This enables Berkeley Packet Filter Just in Time compiler.
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Currently supported on x86_64 architecture, bpf_jit provides a framework
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to speed packet filtering, the one used by tcpdump/libpcap for example.
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Values :
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0 - disable the JIT (default value)
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1 - enable the JIT
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2 - enable the JIT and ask the compiler to emit traces on kernel log.
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dev_weight
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--------------
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The maximum number of packets that kernel can handle on a NAPI interrupt,
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it's a Per-CPU variable.
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Default: 64
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default_qdisc
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The default queuing discipline to use for network devices. This allows
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overriding the default queue discipline of pfifo_fast with an
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alternative. Since the default queuing discipline is created with the
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no additional parameters so is best suited to queuing disciplines that
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work well without configuration like stochastic fair queue (sfq),
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CoDel (codel) or fair queue CoDel (fq_codel). Don't use queuing disciplines
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like Hierarchical Token Bucket or Deficit Round Robin which require setting
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up classes and bandwidths.
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Default: pfifo_fast
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busy_read
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----------------
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Low latency busy poll timeout for socket reads. (needs CONFIG_NET_RX_BUSY_POLL)
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Approximate time in us to busy loop waiting for packets on the device queue.
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This sets the default value of the SO_BUSY_POLL socket option.
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Can be set or overridden per socket by setting socket option SO_BUSY_POLL,
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which is the preferred method of enabling. If you need to enable the feature
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globally via sysctl, a value of 50 is recommended.
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Will increase power usage.
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Default: 0 (off)
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busy_poll
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Low latency busy poll timeout for poll and select. (needs CONFIG_NET_RX_BUSY_POLL)
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Approximate time in us to busy loop waiting for events.
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Recommended value depends on the number of sockets you poll on.
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For several sockets 50, for several hundreds 100.
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For more than that you probably want to use epoll.
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Note that only sockets with SO_BUSY_POLL set will be busy polled,
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so you want to either selectively set SO_BUSY_POLL on those sockets or set
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sysctl.net.busy_read globally.
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Will increase power usage.
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Default: 0 (off)
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rmem_default
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------------
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The default setting of the socket receive buffer in bytes.
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rmem_max
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--------
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The maximum receive socket buffer size in bytes.
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tstamp_allow_data
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-----------------
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Allow processes to receive tx timestamps looped together with the original
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packet contents. If disabled, transmit timestamp requests from unprivileged
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processes are dropped unless socket option SOF_TIMESTAMPING_OPT_TSONLY is set.
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Default: 1 (on)
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wmem_default
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The default setting (in bytes) of the socket send buffer.
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wmem_max
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--------
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The maximum send socket buffer size in bytes.
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message_burst and message_cost
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------------------------------
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These parameters are used to limit the warning messages written to the kernel
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log from the networking code. They enforce a rate limit to make a
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denial-of-service attack impossible. A higher message_cost factor, results in
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fewer messages that will be written. Message_burst controls when messages will
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be dropped. The default settings limit warning messages to one every five
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seconds.
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warnings
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--------
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This sysctl is now unused.
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This was used to control console messages from the networking stack that
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occur because of problems on the network like duplicate address or bad
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checksums.
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These messages are now emitted at KERN_DEBUG and can generally be enabled
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and controlled by the dynamic_debug facility.
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netdev_budget
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Maximum number of packets taken from all interfaces in one polling cycle (NAPI
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poll). In one polling cycle interfaces which are registered to polling are
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probed in a round-robin manner.
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netdev_max_backlog
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Maximum number of packets, queued on the INPUT side, when the interface
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receives packets faster than kernel can process them.
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netdev_rss_key
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RSS (Receive Side Scaling) enabled drivers use a 40 bytes host key that is
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randomly generated.
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Some user space might need to gather its content even if drivers do not
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provide ethtool -x support yet.
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myhost:~# cat /proc/sys/net/core/netdev_rss_key
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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)
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File contains nul bytes if no driver ever called netdev_rss_key_fill() function.
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Note:
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/proc/sys/net/core/netdev_rss_key contains 52 bytes of key,
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but most drivers only use 40 bytes of it.
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myhost:~# ethtool -x eth0
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RX flow hash indirection table for eth0 with 8 RX ring(s):
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0: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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RSS hash key:
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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
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netdev_tstamp_prequeue
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If set to 0, RX packet timestamps can be sampled after RPS processing, when
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the target CPU processes packets. It might give some delay on timestamps, but
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permit to distribute the load on several cpus.
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If set to 1 (default), timestamps are sampled as soon as possible, before
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queueing.
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optmem_max
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Maximum ancillary buffer size allowed per socket. Ancillary data is a sequence
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of struct cmsghdr structures with appended data.
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2. /proc/sys/net/unix - Parameters for Unix domain sockets
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There is only one file in this directory.
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unix_dgram_qlen limits the max number of datagrams queued in Unix domain
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socket's buffer. It will not take effect unless PF_UNIX flag is specified.
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3. /proc/sys/net/ipv4 - IPV4 settings
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Please see: Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt and ipvs-sysctl.txt for
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descriptions of these entries.
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4. Appletalk
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The /proc/sys/net/appletalk directory holds the Appletalk configuration data
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when Appletalk is loaded. The configurable parameters are:
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aarp-expiry-time
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The amount of time we keep an ARP entry before expiring it. Used to age out
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old hosts.
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aarp-resolve-time
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The amount of time we will spend trying to resolve an Appletalk address.
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aarp-retransmit-limit
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The number of times we will retransmit a query before giving up.
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aarp-tick-time
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Controls the rate at which expires are checked.
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The directory /proc/net/appletalk holds the list of active Appletalk sockets
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on a machine.
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The fields indicate the DDP type, the local address (in network:node format)
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the remote address, the size of the transmit pending queue, the size of the
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received queue (bytes waiting for applications to read) the state and the uid
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owning the socket.
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/proc/net/atalk_iface lists all the interfaces configured for appletalk.It
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shows the name of the interface, its Appletalk address, the network range on
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that address (or network number for phase 1 networks), and the status of the
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interface.
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/proc/net/atalk_route lists each known network route. It lists the target
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(network) that the route leads to, the router (may be directly connected), the
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route flags, and the device the route is using.
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5. IPX
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The IPX protocol has no tunable values in proc/sys/net.
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The IPX protocol does, however, provide proc/net/ipx. This lists each IPX
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socket giving the local and remote addresses in Novell format (that is
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network:node:port). In accordance with the strange Novell tradition,
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everything but the port is in hex. Not_Connected is displayed for sockets that
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are not tied to a specific remote address. The Tx and Rx queue sizes indicate
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the number of bytes pending for transmission and reception. The state
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indicates the state the socket is in and the uid is the owning uid of the
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socket.
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The /proc/net/ipx_interface file lists all IPX interfaces. For each interface
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it gives the network number, the node number, and indicates if the network is
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the primary network. It also indicates which device it is bound to (or
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Internal for internal networks) and the Frame Type if appropriate. Linux
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supports 802.3, 802.2, 802.2 SNAP and DIX (Blue Book) ethernet framing for
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IPX.
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The /proc/net/ipx_route table holds a list of IPX routes. For each route it
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gives the destination network, the router node (or Directly) and the network
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address of the router (or Connected) for internal networks.
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6. TIPC
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tipc_rmem
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The TIPC protocol now has a tunable for the receive memory, similar to the
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tcp_rmem - i.e. a vector of 3 INTEGERs: (min, default, max)
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# cat /proc/sys/net/tipc/tipc_rmem
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4252725 34021800 68043600
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#
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The max value is set to CONN_OVERLOAD_LIMIT, and the default and min values
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are scaled (shifted) versions of that same value. Note that the min value
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is not at this point in time used in any meaningful way, but the triplet is
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preserved in order to be consistent with things like tcp_rmem.
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named_timeout
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TIPC name table updates are distributed asynchronously in a cluster, without
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any form of transaction handling. This means that different race scenarios are
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possible. One such is that a name withdrawal sent out by one node and received
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by another node may arrive after a second, overlapping name publication already
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has been accepted from a third node, although the conflicting updates
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originally may have been issued in the correct sequential order.
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If named_timeout is nonzero, failed topology updates will be placed on a defer
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queue until another event arrives that clears the error, or until the timeout
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expires. Value is in milliseconds.
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